[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Staff login - multiple windows logins

[Jason Stephenson]

Hi,

This time, I've got an answer that might help you.

If you build custom clients for your location you can specify the
permachine target when doing the make command to build the client.

If you don't build your own, all the above does is copy a file into
the staff client preferences directory that tells Evergreen
not to store preferences in the user's home directory.

You can achieve the same result by getting the file
Open-ILS/xul/staff_client/external/aa_permachine.js

http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=Evergreen.git;a=blob_plain;f=Open-ILS/xul/staff_client/external/aa_per_machine.js;hb=HEAD

from the Evergreen source and copying it to the default
preferences directory after installing Evergreen.

On Windows, this will typically be either

C:\Program Files\Evergreen...\defaults\preferences

or

C:\Program Files (x86)\Evergreen...\defaults\preferences

For that to work, you will also likely need to change the
permission on the preferences directory in Windows to allow users to
write to it.

HtH,
Jason

Quoting "Walz, Jennifer" <jlwalz at asbury.edu>:

> All -
>
> I think I have asked this before - or a variation thereof.   I was  
> just wondering if maybe someone has come up with a creative solution  
> since before.
>
>    So, we have student workers in another department in our  
> building, who will be checking in and out equipment.   Each student  
> will be logging into the checkout computer with their campus login.   
>  But we DON'T want to create multiple WORKSTATIONS for each instance  
> of Evergreen in every single windows login.  Is this possible?
>
>   I notice that with the "- profilemanager" option for Evergreen,  
> that you can set up different workstations / profiles.  That is  
> wonderful!    But do you think that profile list could then be in a  
> root directory on the computer so that all Windows logins could  
> point to it and every instance of Evergreen would see the SAME  
> workstation / profile?
>
>   I'm just fishing in the dark here.   We really really don't want  
> is to create 20 different workstation setups for this checkout  
> point.  But that is what it has come down to.
>
> Any other creative solutions out there?   I would really love to hear them.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jennifer
> --------------------------------------------------
> Jennifer Walz, MLS - Head of Research & Distance Services
> Kinlaw Library -  Asbury University
> One Macklem Drive, Wilmore, KY 40390
> 859-858-3511 ext. 2269
> jlwalz at asbury.edu


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