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Getting GroupWise to Recognize the Default Linux Web Browser

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13 March 2007 - 2:38am
Submitted by: Randy Wilson

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Problem

I am running SUSE Linux 10.2, and I have Firefox set as my default web browser in the system. And yet GroupWise still sends URLs to "kfmclient". How can I get GroupWise to recognize my default Linux browser?

Solution

GroupWise for Linux does not have an option for setting the default web browser. I have read that it is supposed to use the system's default web browser, but that is not true.

After exhausting all of the more reasonable paths, I finally came up with this hack:

1. Go to where kfmclient is found (which I found using "which kfmclient"):
cd /opt/kde3/bin

2. Change the name of kfmclient in case you ever want to use it again:
sudo mv kfmclient kfmclient.bak

3. Create a new kfmclient file with the following text in it:
sudo vi kfmclient

4. Type the following into the new kfmclient:

  # Strip 'exec' off the front of the URL since GroupWise tacks that on
  if [ $1 == "exec" ]; then
    shift
  fi
  # Send the remaining arguments to firefox
  /usr/bin/firefox $@

5. Make the new file executable:
sudo chmod +x kfmclient

After I did that, the URLs I clicked on in GroupWise came up in Firefox just fine!

Environment

  • SUSE Linux 10.2
  • GroupWise 6.5

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It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.




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