Daniel Berteaud <daniel@...> writes: > > > Le 11/09/2015 22:37, Gerald a écrit : > > Hi all, > > I manage almost 20 PC (win7 pro) and I would like to automate the > > installation of DL for Thunderbird 0.17. I already use WPKG to deploy other > > plugins in thunderbird (quickfolders, lightning...), just by copying the > > folders after unzipping the xpi in C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla > > Thunderbird\extensions > > I'm using WPKG to deploy DL Extension on Thunderbird. You can find here > the XML description of the WPKG package: > > https://upload.firewall-services.com/?t=3f17512b9411b0d6513987058f3e7bc3 > > I bascially just extract the XPI under %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Mozilla > Thunderbird\distribution\bundles > > I prefer this over the extensionx folder because this way, extensions are: > - Automatically enabled > - are not visible in the Addon manager (so users cannot disable it) > - they are managed directly on the system partition, and not copied over > every user profile, so I can even downgrade it when I want if needed > > I'm also using MCD to auto-configure all this. This is a bit harder to > achieve, but in simple terms: > > - WPKG deploys on every station a config file which points Thunderbird > to an https URL > - This https URL is a PHP script > - Each time Thunderbird starts, it fetch this URL, with the Windows > login name appended > - This PHP script then lookups in my LDAP directory for the > corresponding user, and generate the necessary config for Thunderbird on > the fly > - Thunderbird store this config so it can reuse it next time it starts > if the web server doesn't respond > > The FileLink part of this generated config is: > > defaultPref("mail.cloud_files.accounts.account1.restURL", "https://<?php > echo DL_URL; ?>/rest.php"); > defaultPref("mail.cloud_files.accounts.account1.type", "DL"); > defaultPref("mail.cloud_files.accounts.account1.username", "<?php echo > $uid; ?>"); > defaultPref("mail.cloud_files.inserted_urls.footer.link", > "http://www.ipasserelle.com";); > defaultPref("mail.cloud_files.accounts.account1.displayName", "Lien > iPasserelle"); > > Once all this is in place, not only Thunderbird can be started and > already configured for the logged in user, but everything else like the > calendars (lightning), the addressbooks (sogo-connector) and FileLink DL > are already configured and ready to use (only the password will be asked) > > Hope this helps > > Cheers, > Daniel
Hi Daniel (bonsoir ;)), really nice, I appreciate your answer. I had a look at your XML package for XML. I cannot use it as is because the WPK version we use is quite old, but it will be very useful. I didn't know we can use this folder to deploy plugins. I just had a look at this repository, and it doesn't exist on my TB install, the only available repository in C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\distribution\ is extensions and not bundles...do I have to create this sub-folder or can I use the extensions folder? I will give a try. Just to follow up previous answer, I didn't manage to make DL-forTB available unpacking it in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\distribution\extensions folder.... Maybe I'm doing something wrong.... Thank you Gérald
