vqServer Using roaming access


This page explains how to configure vqServer to work as a roaming access server for Netscape Navigator.

Roaming access is a feature of Netscape Navigator version 4.6 and above which allows users to store their browser preferences and bookmarks on a server. These settings can then be used with any copy of Netscape Navigator anywhere on the network.

You'll need to create some directories on the server computer to store roaming access settings. vqSoft recommends the following directory structure which will be compatible with future versions of vqServer. website/ refers to the directory to which you originally extracted vqServer.zip.

  1. Create a subdirectory of website/ named users/.
  2. Create a subdirectory of website/users/ named userid/ for each person who wants to use roaming access, where userid is the person's user ID (not their name) in the vqServer user database.
  3. Create a subdireactory of each website/users/userid/ named roaming/.

Then you'll need to make the following configuration changes for each person who wants to use roaming access from the vqServer control centre.

  1. Add the person to the vqServer user database.
  2. Create an access control list, say useracl and add the user to the access control list.
  3. Create a vqServer alias with the following settings:
    • Alias: /users/userid/
    • Real name: users/userid/
    • Action: Serve file
    • Read access: useracl
    • Write access: useracl

When someone wants to use roaming access from Netscape Navigator they'll have to:

  1. create a new Navigator user profile.
  2. Enable roaming access for that profile (Edit menu, Preferences option, Roaming access section of the Preferences dialog).
  3. In the Server information subsection of the Preferences dialog, select HTTP server and set Base URL to http://hostname/users/userod/roaming.

The password they'll need to enter in Netscape Navigator when requested is their vqServer password.


vqServer version 1.9. Copyright © 1997-2000 Steve Shering and vqSoft. Last updated 23 November 1999.
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