Using multiple profiles

The Apple web site page for the Airport Express mentions using the unit to create a wireless network in a hotel room. It mentions that the Airport Express can have up to 5 profiles stored for different locations, using "it's setup software".
However, when I try running Airport Setup Assistant it asks if I want to "Set up a new Airport Base Station" or "Change settings for an existing..". However, with either option I cannot find a way of creating a new profile.
This 'on the go' page on the site advertises this as a major feature, yet I cannot find any help or instructions telling me how to do it. Has anyone worked this out?
It's strange, the 'On the go' web page says "Easy Setup with Five Profiles" "What else would you expect from Apple". However, do a search in these forums for "Hotel" and you find loads of people asking how to get it working, many of which are unanswered or unresolved.

Actually, I found this http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108081 which has solved my question!

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Single network connection using multiple profiles

Apologies if this has already been asked - I have searched!
Is there a way of setting up netcfg - or a wrapper script - so that it tries multiple profiles but then stops when it finds one that works? These profiles might be a mix of wired or wireless - so simply using net-auto-* doesn't look like a solution (unless I'm misunderstanding them?).
My laptop often lives in my office where it is connected to a wired connection. But, being a laptop, it is sometimes moved and will need, in most cases, to connect to a wireless connection.
I'd like the system, during boot, to try profiles in a given order and stop when one connects - is this possible?

Sounds like what netcfg normally does if you enable the service? Or net-profiles as the initscript was called. (This is based on documention, never used this myself.)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … t-Profiles
Edit: I run net-auto-wired and -wireless with POST_UP and PRE_DOWN commands to stop net-auto-wired when a cable is plugged in and restart it when the cable is removed. Seemed to work pretty well, but I think I've never actually used a wired connection since I set that up...
Last edited by Raynman (2012-11-21 16:47:30)

Can Firefox be configured to open most-recenlty-active Firefox window when you click a link in another application? Am using multiple profiles.

I think this is really a feature request, but I didn't see a forum for that. I used to use firefox almost exclusively, but switched to chrome when I started freelancing for a couple of different companies -- the identities feature of chrome really helps me keep my sanity by having a unique identity for each company. However, an issue has recently developed with chrome that made me switch back to firefox. The profiles feature in firefox seems to have gotten a lot better since I made the first switch, and I'm pretty happy with how it works ... with one exception:
With firefox, clicking on a link in a different application always opens in the default profile. With Chrome, it would always open in the browser window that was most recently active. This is a very intuitive behavior, as whatever I am doing in the other application (e.g. thunderbird, evernote, skype) is almost always related to whichever browser window I had opened last.
Any chance of this getting implemented? Or maybe there's already a way to do this? I found the following related topics, but neither helped with this question:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/981608?esab=a&as=aaq
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/983341?esab=a&as=aaq

I just switched back to Fx from Chrome after using Chrome for about 2 years.
I use two profiles with Chrome, one for work and another one is personal. They don't share anything which is exactly why I have two profiles and not just two windows. I found an extension for Fx to easily open two instances of Fx with different profiles but all links open in the same instance, which is not how it worked with Chrome.
With Chrome, whichever window was active last is getting the link which makes it perfect for multi-desktop use (on Mac OS X). I'm quite upset and annoyed that Firefox cannot do that. Isn't there *some* way?

Send eMail via Thunderbird with filled "Email information" when using multiple profiles

Hello.
I hope you can help me.
We are using two Thunderbird profiles:
"Sales" and "Purchases".
We have thunderbird links for both of them on the desktop:
This is how we call start the firefox profiles:
Purchases: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -no-remote -p Purchases
Sales: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -no-remote -p Sales
(-no-remote is needed to start Thunderbird with two instances at once, -p <Profile> is to choose the profile)
Everything works so far.
Now we have an application which calls the "write"-dialog of thunderbird. (the dialog where you can send eMails)
When calling the "write"-dialog, the fields of this dialog (from, to, subject, and the text body) should be filled by parameters.
The application uses following call:
thunderbird.exe -compose to=[email protected],subject="example subject line",body="this is the example body" -no-remote -p Sales
That means that the send dialog of the Sales-Profile-Thunderbird should be opened with the "sales" profile.
(email receiver is filled with "[email protected]", subject is "example subject line", and the text is "this is the example body")
The Problem:
This works only if thunderbird with the "Sales" profile is not already running. If Thunderbird with the "Sales" profile is already running, Thunderbird is telling that the process is already running and should be closed first.
Before adding the second profile "Purchases", we only used "Sales" profile, and we started thunderbird without "-no-remote -p Sales".
With only one profile and without "-no-remote -p Sales", every worked well.
But with 2 profiles, the user always have to close thunderbird first before calling the "write"-dialog from our application.
Is there something I can do? Maybe changing the call used by our application to show the write-dialog?
If you need more information, or something is not clear enough, let me know.
Best regards
M. Jaeger

command line arguments here https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Command_Line_Options
Perhaps the issue here is your desire for a separate profile for sales and purchases. That looks to me to be where the rot starts. Now your trying to start a third instance.
So how about you explain what it is your trying to achieve, as you can not be the only person in the world wanting to use email in a business.
I see a reference to a write dialog from your application. Is it your writing an application and trying to make Thunderbird work the way you have designed your application and it simply does not do that?

How to use multiple profiles within the same instance of Thunderbird

About a month ago, I had Thunderbird configured with three profiles,
and all three could be used within a single startup/instance of
Thunderbird. That PC is now gone. I have re-configured the three
profiles on a new PC, but am having trouble making all three
useable within the same instance of Thunderbird. Can you help?
Both PCs are/were Windows-7 64 bit.

Thunderbird only opens on the default if one profile
or
if Profile Manager is instructed to ask at startup it will allow you to choose which Profile to open else it opens on the last Profile used..
So it shows one Profile at a time in one instance of Thunderbird.
However, one Profile can have many mail accounts.
eg: I run 4 mail accounts in one Profile.

Internet Shortcuts saved on Desktop open new instance of Firefox 3.6 using clean profile--how can I make it open all shortcuts using current profile?

I rely heavily on Firefox's profiling ability to assist me in my web design projects. Lately, using Firefox 3.6, I have run into some problems with how it opens Internet Shortcuts that are saved locally (i.e.- shortcuts that reside on my Desktop). When I double-click on one of these shortcuts, a new instance of Firefox 3.6 is loaded with the saved website from the shortcut, but it's also initialized a fresh profile (i.e.- my bookmarks are gone, no add-ons, etc.--it's as if it uses some sort of "hidden" clean slate to load the shortcuts).
Is there any way to force Firefox to load all shortcuts into whatever profile I'm currently using at that given moment? I think the reason this has happened to begin with is because of the fact that I did some stuff to Internet Explorer awhile back that caused some problems with the Internet Shortcut associations and it all led to this eventuality.
I'm running Windows XP Pro and have the following profiles with my Firefox versions:
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 3.6\firefox.exe" -no-remote -p Firefox3.6
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox N\firefox.exe" -no-remote -p FirefoxN
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 3\firefox.exe" -no-remote -p Firefox3
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 2\firefox.exe" --no-remote -p Firefox2
When I go into the "Folder Options / File Types" and double-click on "Internet Shortcut", I have the following within the "Advanced" settings (for the "open" action):
Action: open
Application used to perform action: rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l
"Use DDE" is checked...
"DDE Message" is blank...
"Application" is "shdocvw"...
"DDE Application Not Running" is blank...
"Topic" is "System"
Again, I think the root problem here is to do with the profiles and how they're handled when being opened with Firefox but I can't discern how to apply a fix with all this as I've obviously goobered this up a bit. I would really appreciate some professional knowledge on this and would prefer to avoid any reinstalls of anything if possible.

To save your sanity with this issue, my advice is to find a method other than desktop shortcuts to open those URL's.
1. Desktop shortcuts are going to open the Default Browser.
a. With multiple versions of Firefox installed that would be the last version that was installed when you have Firefox set as the Default Browser in Windows..
b. The Default Browser is going to use the Profile that shows a Default=1 in the profiles.ini file.
c. The Default Browser with the Default Profile isn't going to open if you have any other versions of Firefox already running, and the -no-remote command line parameter doesn't work in this situation.
2. The use of multiple Profiles and multiple versions isn't officially supported by Mozilla, and all the Bug reports that I have ever read about Requests for Enhancement have been WONTFIX'd by the developers. Basically we have to work with the limitations in Firefox and maybe improvise work arounds by ourselves. I've even seen a few threats about removing Profiles altogether in RFE Bug reports about Profiles.
I have had so many problems over the years with this Default Browser / Default Profile thing over the years that personally I find it easier to just set Opera as the Default Browser in Windows rather than have a Profile get b0rked because some other program I am using decides it wants to open the Default Browser unexpectedly. I don't use Opera for much, but it is a lot better than IE for purposes of being the Default Browser, considering the quirks I have seen with Firefox and multiple Profiles.
I have written a number of postings over at the MozillaZine Builds forum over the years about installing multiple versions of Firefox and using multiple Profiles. There's a lot of tips and comments provided by other multiple Profile users in one of those threads. Why don't you read those threads and see if it gives you some ideas or solutions I haven't thought of.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1062975
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=613873
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=462431
The last thread listed has a lot of comments offered by other users, the first two threads were locked as a How-to sticky thread.

Airport express multiple profiles and Lion.

Hi. I have an old export express that allowed me to use multiple profiles. Having learned that Airport Utility 6.0 did not allow for many configuration changes I downloaded and istalled as suggested the old 5.6 version for Lion (had to extract the package because of the installation incompatibility with Lion). However, even in Airport Utility 5.6 I can't find the profiles tab or selector. Any ideas?

do I need to use my computer to change the profile before unplugging the airport express and taking it with me wherever I am going,
Yes, unless you have another device handy on the road with a 5.x version of AirPort Utility installed.
or will it switch automatically
No, you must manually "switch" to the profile that you want to use at any given time.

Relative path for Download directory folder.I created a firefox profile and i wanted to use this profile in multiple machines.I wanted to use a relative path for download directory with respect to the profile folder.I need this on Linux machines

I have a use case where I need to use different download directories with different firefox profiles.I need to use this profiles in multiple linux machines.
I need to have a relative path to my download directory with respect to the profile folder.
Ex: I have a selenium test which opens a website and downloads it to my machine.I want this downloaded file to go into some specific folder relative to this profile folder.How do I do this??

That is not a practically empty xinitrc - that file only needs one line: exec WM. Other things are entirely optional, and some of them very useful, but I'd encourage you to stick with the simplest xinitrc that will do what you require.
Is slim involved? Probably. That is the source of many problems. But to start narrowing this down, I have 3 suggestions:
1) temporarily (at least) change your inittab to default to runlevel 3 ... actually, is it currently set to 5 or 3? if it is currently 3 that would explain why slim doesn't start.
2) at a tty in runlevel 3 use "xinit" instead of "startx". Startx is fine most of the time, but it is essentially just a complex wrapper for xinit. That complexity can often iadd useful functionality, but it *always* makes troubleshooting more difficult. So for now just use a vanilla 'xinit'.
3) remove dbus-launch from your exec line in xinitrc. This is done by console-kit so it is redundant and potentially problematic. Further BOTH of these are taken care of by slim, so I'd even suggest getting both a jump start on being ready for slim and simplifying troubleshooting by removing both of them. Just make that line "exec openbox-session"
Edit: adding one more:
4) temporarily switch out openbox-session for openbox. I suspect the reason feh's setting of the background is getting overridden is due to a script or setting in openbox's autostart settings - many of these are only invoked when "openbox-session" is called, while "openbox" starts *just* the window manager itself.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-10-03 17:30:36)

How do I use multiple VPP accounts in a school system with 1 Profile manager server?

I have 40 schools with their own money they want to spend on apps. I need these accounts to be seperate. We are registered in the Device enrollment program and are using Apple's profile manager to distribute VPP apps. In the DEP website you can add existing vpp admins. I had hoped when these accounts purchased apps, the apps would show up in Profile Manager which uses the master Apple ID, but this didn't happen. Anyone know what the correct process is for doing this?

If you haven't found the answer: You have to install the correct token for each account. Apple Servers, as far as I know, do not support using multiple tokens at once. As a result, you will have to swap out each of the 40 tokens anytime anyone wants to buy something then assign it to a user then push the app.
Or just buy it with a redemption code and give that code to your users.

How to choose witch window will open external links when using multiple Firefox profiles at the same time?

I am using 2 firefox profiles at the same, one for working and another for reading news. I start them with "firefox -no-remote -P profilename", so there are 2 firefox processes running.
It works well, but when I click a link in an external app (like in Google Talk), the link is opened in the first firefox process I launched. I mean, if I ran the "news" firefox first, it will always open the external links.
Is it possible to change this behavior? I'd like all external windows to be opened in the "news" firefox, never in the "working". Of course I'll achieve that if I open it first, but if I first run the "news", then the "working", then I close the news for any reason, now links will always open in the "working" until I close it.
I running linux (opensuse 11.3).

'''traysh''',
Profiles '''''period''''' are "unsupported" by Mozilla. Profiles are "there" but the developers want no part of non-developers using them or fixing anything related to Profiles that has been suggested in a Bug report, or documenting much related to Profiles. Profiles as we know them now are going to disappear from Firefox in the near future, although no specific version number or date has been fixed for that to happen. It is up to us user's to share our experiences with Profiles with other user's. I'm a relative noob to Linux, and all my experience with running multiple Profiles and -no-remote is with Windows OS's.
'''cor-el''',
So are you saying that on Linux external links will only open in the first Profile that was opened if multiple Profiles are running?
And that external links won't open a Profile that isn't already running - if any Profile is already running?
''I wish the differences between Windows and Linux as far as '''-no-remote''' and running multiple Profiles were better documented for "us" Linux noobs over at the MozillaZine KnowledgeBase - hint. Unless I am not looking hard enough in the MZ KB for that information....''

Using the the multiple profiles and running more than one instance of Fire fox at atim

I use F/F in a gaming situation I needed to be able to run more than one session at a time and read about a feature called multiple profiles. Then I read iin another forum that I could have multiple instances with the following bat file :
@echo off
set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
start "" "C:\Documents and Settings\Hilton Wiggins\My Documents\Fire Fox non Beta\firefox.exe" -p-no-remote
set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=0
I also have the Beta 4.06 on my machine and even though the batch file directs it to wither the Beat or the Non Beta they both seem to track the profiles and can be used in either version.
However It's not working as I described running two browsers with grease monkey it will start to mis handle data and they both lock up

There is no need to set MOZ_NO_REMOTE, remove that part of the bat file. Change the start line to:
start "" "C:\Documents and Settings\Hilton Wiggins\My Documents\Fire Fox non Beta\firefox.exe" -no-remote -p "profile name"

Creating multiple profiles, using unified profile types, to store multiple values for same properties

Hi All:
I am trying to create multiple profiles, using unified profile types, to
store multiple values for same properties. Here my intention of using
'unified profile types' is to create multiple profiles (to store multiple
values for a property). All the properties are stored in the same database
maintained by Personalization server. Also, I am trying to use the same
'USER' ejb as profile class/home/pk/jndi.
The scenerio is,
define unified profile types (Business, Vacation) using Personalization
admin tools, using com.beasys.commerce.axiom.contact.User,
com.beasys.commerce.axiom.contact.UserHome,
com.beasys.commerce.axiom.contact.UserPk,
com.beasys.commerce.axiom.contact.User for Profile Class, Home, Pk class,
JNDI name respectively.
Define Property set 'HotelCommerce' with property
HotelProp as single, restricted, text (valid values Single, Double)
Now you can use the attached jsp files to login as a user and try to set the
property value for HotelProp for each profile. As per my understanding, I
was expecting that I can set different values for the property 'HotelProp'
for each profiles. But unexpectedly, all the profiles get the same value.
Question. is it the correct behavior? if yes, how can I achieve this
functionality?
if not, do you see any problem in my scripts?
your answer asap is appreciated. we need to make decision on using
Personalization server v/s developing our own Personalization server!!!:)
thanks,
-rajesh
PS: I have tried 'Unified Profile Example' type too, but that did not work.
[propsettest.jsp]
[home.jsp]

I am trying to create multiple profiles, using unified profile types, to
store multiple values for same properties. Here my intention of using
'unified profile types' is to create multiple profiles (to store multiple
values for a property). All the properties are stored in the same database
maintained by Personalization server. Also, I am trying to use the same
'USER' ejb as profile class/home/pk/jndi.Hello Rajesh,
This is not the purpose of the UUP. The UUP is used to allow existing
database schemas to be aggregated with the existing Weblogic Personalization
Server database schema to provide a single, customized user profile with which
to maintain the user properties (
http://e-docs.bea.com/wlcs/p13n/users.htm#1068901 )
If you want to have properties that change value based on some "profile" or
classification of a user, then you should use classifier rules to change the
user from "OnVacation" to "AtWork" or "AtHome". You can use these classifier
rules to select content for the user or conditionally execute logic (
http://e-docs.bea.com/wlcs/p13n/rules.htm )
Ture Hoefner
BEA Systems, Inc.
1655 Walnut Street; suite 200
Boulder, CO 80302
www.beasys.com

Multiple profiles/users on the same device

Hi there,
I know that iOS is a single user environment.
But, I am currently working in an enterprise environment and I was wondering if it was possible to have several profiles on the same device, maybe using certificates or so?
Thanks for your help
Cheers,
Pierre.

It would seem that unlike previous iOS devices the iPad and possibly AppleTV call for the ability to enable multiple profiles/users on the same device.
I would suggest that if this capability is not on the roadmap for iOS by now then there is a least one place where alternatives to the iPad will have a major advantage.
The thought they I would have to buy multiple iPads one for myself, my wife and my child because of a software constraint is untenable from a ecological standpoint (all these devices end up as landfill) let alone the economic one.
Also as I use the iPad I see it's potential to become as important computing platform to me as my laptop eventually surpassing it. In this light I can't see how it could remain just a personal device.

Cant open multiple profiles at the same time on Outlook.

So i have done some research and found that you can use command line switches to open different profiles in Outlook.
e.g. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\OUTLOOK.EXE" /profiles "ProfileName"
What i want to do is open two different profiles at the same time. So i already have one profile open, i use the method above, however it simply opens a copy of the profile i already have open rather than the one i defined in the command line switch?
I know it works because if i don't have a profile open it opens the profile i specify. Is this by design? If so what is the point in having a profile switch? If someone could help me get this working it would be great.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Eric,
Thanks for confirming this. We already have all the mailboxes that she wants on her main profile. The problem is that Outlook cant handle processing all of these at the same time and continuously crashes and hangs. As i said previously the .ost for her profile
was 16GB, i have managed to reduce to 9GB but Microsoft themselves say that anything above 5GB needs extra hardware power for a good user experience.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2695805/en-gb
Up to 5 gigabytes (GB): This file size should provide a good user experience on most hardware.
Between 5 and 10 GB: This file size is typically hardware dependent. Therefore, if you have a fast hard disk and lots of RAM, your experience will be better. However, slower hard disk drives,
such as drives that are typically found on portable computers or early-generation solid-state drives (SSDs), experience some application pauses when the drives respond.
More than 10 GB: When the .ost file reaches this size, short pauses begin to occur on most hardware.
Very large (25 GB or larger): An .ost file of this size increases the frequency of short pauses, especially while you are downloading new email messages. However, you can use Send/Receive
groups to manually sync your mail. For more information about Send/Receive groups, see the "Are you synchronizing many RSS feeds?" section.
I find it surprising that you cant have multiple profiles with different mailboxes when you consider you can only have an .ost up 5GB to have a good user experience. Maybe this is something the developers can put into the next version of Outlook? Or release
as a patch?

I have multiple profiles and want to go back to a single profile without losing data or programs that are not shared

Hi
I need help
My partner has set up multiple profiles on the iMac and has not done the sharing of files and software correctly. Therefore we have some programs that do not operate in all profiles. I want to go back to a single profile but need to be sure I am not going to lose any data or programs in the process.
Can any one give me a step by step guide - I am not mac savvy.
Thanks in advance

Hello!
I recently just downloaded the 'Waze' app as a backup for my Garmin. I've read a few reviews that seem to rant and rave about how good the GPS app is. It is community driven and maps are constantly being updated by users. Plus it has a few other fun stuff in it (something similar to Gasbuddy where you can owe prices on the map). But like the person above me said, there is lots of useful free GPS apps in the App Store.
Oh and I may be wrong but I remember reading an article about Google being slower about updating its maps system--ie no turn by turn voice, which many people have had complaints about.
Happy Searching!
Ps - if you switch I wouldn't go to Blackberry.

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