79419 - Cannot create a profile on a network drive (e.g. '\\computer\share\profile')

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 162025

(Core Graveyard :: Profile: BackEnd, defect)

Description

[hachez]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
BuildID:    2001050515
Note: I did not use Mozilla to send this bug

I try to create a new profile. I chose a network folder like 
'\\computer\share\profile'. When I click on Finish, nothing happens and no 
profile is created.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a new profile
2. Chose a network drive ('like \\computer\share')
3. Click on Finish

Actual Results:  Nothing

Expected Results:  A new profile is created

Comment 1

[Conrad Carlen (not reading bugmail)]

Accepting.

Comment 2

[Judson Valeski]

does anyone know if this worked w/ 4.x. if not, then it's really a feature
enhancement request. I'm moving to 0.9.3 for now.

Comment 3

[hachez]

It works with Communicator 4.77. I used this feature, that is why I tried
to use it with Mozilla. 
Notice that Communicator is unable to create the directory. It must already 
exist.

Comment 4

[Grace Bush]

changing QA contact

Comment 5

[Conrad Carlen (not reading bugmail)]

-> mozilla1.0

Comment 6

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Bugs targeted at mozilla1.0 without the mozilla1.0 keyword moved to mozilla1.0.1 
(you can query for this string to delete spam or retrieve the list of bugs I've 
moved)

Comment 7

[[not reading bugmail]]

I tried this the other day, doing the opposite, running a mozilla install off a
networked computer that has directory paths on my local drive and mozilla didn't
startup.. build 3-13-03 w2k.  I was on computer A.  Open Computer B: open its
mapped network drive:  This is because I had previously copied my C:\Program
Files\Mozilla.org\ - <insert moz directory>.. to my network drive on computer B.
(backup purposes) I clicked on mozilla.exe on my network drive, and my profile
path was on my local drive.  So this is true for the opposite if you try to run
a local mozilla.exe and wanna have a mapped-network drive profile directory.

Comment 8

[Torben]

Related to bug 162025, since nothing is happening here I am resolving this as a
dupe.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 162025 ***

Comment 9

[K'Trina Medina]

Verified as a dupe of bug 162025