234518 - prefs.js path filename *.mab problem

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 143451

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, defect)

Description

[xavier]

User-Agent:       
Build Identifier: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (20040207)

Hi, 
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.perso_1.description", "perso");
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.perso_1.filename", "impab-1.mab");
If I want to specify another unc-path  where is saved impab-1.mab like on my 
own network drive:
1) unc path
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.perso_1.filename", "\\server\\to\\impab-1.mab");
2) drive letter
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.perso_1.filename", "C:\\to\\impab-1.mab");

These two forms not runs !!!! like my old Netscape Messenger !!!
What's wrong please ?

Then you
Xavier



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. open prefs.js
2. modify path to access adress books like *.mab
3. try to access these files: KO

Actual Results:  
address books are empty because it does not found it 

Expected Results:  
Take consideration of my own path specified for MAB files

Comment 1

[Russell Ryba]

I can confirm this on Thunderbird version 0.6 (20040502)
Windows XP

It appears to be a relative path from the user preferences directory.  

I tried the same settings, as well as using valid URL paths,
"file:///C:/abook.mab" but could not make this work.  I was able to get it to
use a file in the root of C:\ -- "C:\abook.mab" by using this in prefs.js

  user_pref("ldap_2.servers.pab.filename", "..\..\..\..\..\..\..\abook.mab");

How is this a blocker for release or testing?  I would say normal or minor
severity in my opinion.  Regardless it is not assigned to me, so I'll just
report what I've found.

Comment 2

[S. W. B.]

I can confirm this bug with Tbird 0.6 on Linux and Windows NT 4.0.  I tried a 
path to a mapped network volume:  I:\\abook.mab (the very root of the drive) 
and had the same results as mentioned.  In Linux, I have that path mounted 
at /network/data/abook.mab, and I again had the same results.  I am interested 
in changing the path so that all of us in a small office can have a shared 
address book.

Comment 3

[xavier]

Hi,

My last solution at this point is:

As I cannot configure the path where are adress book *.mab files on network, I 
leave them locally on local drive C:/....
For personals adress books, I have made a batch that copy *.mab on network 
drive owned by end-user.
For generally adress books in my society, I have configure groups in my IMAP 
mailserver accessible by everyone, and only modifying by admin.

Best regards

Comment 4

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 143451 ***