61952 - Creating 2 profiles which functions as one

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 113203

(Core Graveyard :: Profile: BackEnd, defect, P3)

Description

[richard pecson]

steps

1. delete appreg from your .mozilla directory
2. run ./netscape -ProfileManager (will display Profile Manager with no listed
profiles)
3. create a "user" profile (in .mozilla it will create a "user" directory)
4. after creating "user" in profile manager, rename it to "user1" (in .mozilla,
user1 profile will still use the "user" directory)
5. still from the Manager, create another profile named "user"
6. From the profile manager, the profiles listed there should be "user" and "user1"
7. select user profile and start netscape 6, setup your im account and proxies.
9. exit netscape 6 and launch it again (./netscape -ProfileManager)
10. this time, use user1 as your profile, the setup you made in user profile
will still reflect in this user1 profile (e.g. im account and proxies)

There are 2 profiles listed but it's like you're just using one, updating the
user profile will automatically update user1 and vice versa...

Comment 1

[richard pecson]

adding sun tracking string

Comment 2

[Blake Ross]

Profile Manager FE bugs --> me

Comment 3

[Blake Ross]

-> Ben

Comment 4

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

Sounds like a back end bug... shouldn't creating a new profile with a name 
identical to an existing subfolder create a new subfolder under that name with 
a randomized name? 

e.g. for two profiles in 

.mozilla/user/sdfhwekr.slt/   <-- profile originally "user" now "user1"
.mozilla/user/234wkrej.slt/   <-- newly created "user" 

Comment 5

[Conrad Carlen (not reading bugmail)]

Same problem as in bug 113203. Marking as dup.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 113203 ***

Comment 6

[K'Trina Medina]

Verified as a dupe of bug 113203