Solaris Gnome 2.0 & Linux Gnome configuration files clash...

From: Henrik Schmiediche (henrik_at_arwen.tamu.edu)
Date: 05/30/03


Date: 30 May 2003 15:12:48 GMT


     Hello,
I am not sure there is a solution to this, but maybe someone has some
ideas or solved the problem. I have a setup where the home directories
are NFS exported from a server. I have Solaris and Linux boxes which
mount and use the NFS exported home directories.

The problem is that the Solaris GNOME 2.0 and (say) Redhat 9 GNOME
configuration files will clash. One reason is the version mismatch of
GNOME, but there may be architectural reasons as well.

Is there a way to have Solaris place the GNOME configuration files
into a seperate directory instead of the root directory so that users
can log on to both the Solaris and Linux boxes running GNOME without
the configuration files clashing?

Sincerely,

    - Henrik

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Henrik Schmiediche, Dept. of Statistics, Texas A&M, College Station, TX 77843
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