Hi
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 2:29 AM, Alex Mandel <tech_...@wildintellect.com>wrote: > Actually there is a way to handle this. > Puppet http://puppetlabs.com/ > > The computers running a puppet client will check the master at a given > time interval any files not matching the master conf will be reverted. > You can also use this to install plugins or QGIS itself and repair the > installation of them easily. > > And you could also write a fabric script to do this very easily (and if you want to be super nice contribute it to my fabgis[2][3] project). [1] fabfile.org [2] http://fabgis.linfiniti.com/ [3] https://github.com/timlinux/fabgis Regards Tim Enjoy, > Alex > > PS: Yes windows machines can be puppet clients (server might need to be > a nix machine) > > On 03/09/2014 02:19 PM, Zoltan Szecsei wrote: > > On 2014/03/09 22:48, Blumentrath, Stefan wrote: > >> Hi Richard, > >> > >> A platform independent solution would be an elegant solution. > >> > >> What we do (on Windows) is having a folder on a server containing QGIS > >> default settings (e.g. reg-files for DB-connections, Connections for > >> web services, but also, most popular plugins, map and print composer > >> templates). These default settings can be imported by the users by > >> executing a simple batch-script we produced for that purpose. If that > >> is of interest for somebody I could post the content of the .bat file... > >> > >> From that starting point, colleagues can adjust the default settings > >> to their personal needs and preferences... > > This is great - the extra step that I would like to see is that it is > > not only built in and automated, but has controls whereby an > > administrator could "force" certain PCs on the network to only be able > > to use the configs stipulated by the master installation of QGIS. > > When one is managing 15+ PCs it is not trivial to make sure that you > > have copied identical configs to all of them, and to know when someone > > has kindly messed up one of your production PCs. > > Rgds, > > Zoltan > >> > >> Cheers > >> Stefan > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: qgis-developer-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > >> [mailto:qgis-developer-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Richard > >> Duivenvoorde > >> Sent: 9. mars 2014 20:28 > >> To: Tim Sutton; Zoltan Szecsei > >> Cc: qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > >> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Common QGIS Plugin configuration accross > >> multiple Linux users > >> > >> > >>> ~/.qgis2 > >>> and > >>> ~/.config/QGIS > >>> > >>> You could e.g. rsync the user plugin dirs from a central one, or put > >>> them in an nfs mount (read only might have issues as plugins try to > >>> write .pyc files or even write data to the plugin dir). > >>> > >>> The ~/.config/QGIS/QGIS2.conf is a standard ini style config file so > >>> you should be able to pick through it and awk/sed/bash your way to > >>> nirvana :-) > >> I'm actually thinking about to make this OS independent, by creating a > >> 'save QSettings' as file option. Then with a command line option you > >> would be able to (just before reading the QSettings) actually > >> read/write this settings file back into user settings. Thereby making > >> it possible to for example transfer a certain setup across a class > >> room (as long as the plugins are available in .qgis2 off cours). > >> > >> Would this work? Or do I miss something? > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Richard Duivenvoorde > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Qgis-developer mailing list > >> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > > > -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member ============================================== Please do not email me off-list with technical support questions. Using the lists will gain more exposure for your issues and the knowledge surrounding your issue will be shared with all. Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net ==============================================
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