We are using wine in a Mutli-User Thin Client/Server model, and it would be a lot nicer if we can see a few changes in the wine startup/initialization and config detection for users. We are not looking for the users to modify many of hte Wine seetings or registries, so what we have done is installed everything in /etc/wine ie /etc/wine/config /etc/wine/user.reg /etc/wine/system.reg /etc/wine/userdef.ref /etc/winesystem.reg ->/etc/wine/system.reg /etc/wineuser.reg ->/etc/wine/system.reg Of course, in order to do this, during installation, we have to cheat and create a fake $HOME/.wine directory to perform the registry creation from winedefault.reg, and then blow it away after moving the registry entries to /etc/wine Then we have to create an /etc/skel/.wine and /etc/skel/.wine/config->/etc/wine/config. Of course, this doens't help existing users. We are dealing with users that are not computer literate, so we won't be having them run winesetup individually, and we DO NOT want them playing with global registries. No need for 'root' to have a .wine directory, as it never runs wine programs. What I would like to see is that we detect /etc/wine/config automatically, and that wine when it starts, if it doesn't see a ~/.wine directory for a user, it would get automatically created. It can of course, just as in the registry entries, take a .wine/config as a precedence. We would also like to see `regedit winedefault.reg` be able to take a destination directory for the registry entries, and NOT require a ~/.wine in order to run this. This would help packagers I am sure, instead of having to perform strange and ugly postinst instructions. -- -- "Catch the Magic of Linux..." -------------------------------------------------------- Michael Peddemors - Senior Consultant LinuxAdministration - Internet Services NetworkServices - Programming - Security Wizard IT Services http://www.wizard.ca Linux Support Specialist - http://www.linuxmagic.com LinuxMagic is a Registered TradeMark of Wizard Tower TechnoServices Ltd. -------------------------------------------------------- (604)589-0037 Beautiful British Columbia, Canada _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.com http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
