[Evolution] Automated Configuration of Evolution Accounts
Not Zed
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It should also follow an rfc822 email-address format. i.e.
local@domain.
Otherwise, it can be any string, it doesn't have to be the
hostname/time, it just needs to be unique for that user.
On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 08:55 -0500, JP Rosevear wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 21:29 +0800, Murray Trainer wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have managed to automate most of my Evolution account setup using
> > gconftool-2 and sed. My problem at the moment is the generation of the
> > uid value in the account string shown below.
> >
> > uid="1103529217.8931.0@vserver"
> >
> > The first value appears to be the time the account was created in
> > seconds since 1/1/1970 and can be obtained using date +"%s". The last
> > value is obviously the hostname the account was created on (should it be
> > hostname@domain?). I was wondering what the other values in the string
> > are and how they are generated?
>
> The uid just needs to be unique or a 1 in a trillion duplicate shot
> anyhow. The algorithm we use is iso time, pid, gid, ppid, a serial
> number for the the program's run and the hostname.
>
> -JP
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It should also follow an rfc822 email-address format. i.e. <A HREF="mailto:local@domain.">local@domain.</A><BR>
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Otherwise, it can be any string, it doesn't have to be the hostname/time, it just needs to be unique for that user.<BR>
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On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 08:55 -0500, JP Rosevear wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 21:29 +0800, Murray Trainer wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Hi All,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I have managed to automate most of my Evolution account setup using</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> gconftool-2 and sed. My problem at the moment is the generation of the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> uid value in the account string shown below.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> uid="1103529217.8931.0@vserver"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> The first value appears to be the time the account was created in</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> seconds since 1/1/1970 and can be obtained using date +"%s". The last</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> value is obviously the hostname the account was created on (should it be</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> hostname@domain?). I was wondering what the other values in the string</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> are and how they are generated?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">The uid just needs to be unique or a 1 in a trillion duplicate shot</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">anyhow. The algorithm we use is iso time, pid, gid, ppid, a serial</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">number for the the program's run and the hostname.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">-JP</FONT>
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