[support] Common Configurations of Multiple Sites

[Metzler, David]

This doesn't exactly get at what you're talking about, but I developed
site cloning scripts rather than the running install.php methodology.
I've made the scripts available on a web site:
http://www2.evergreen.edu/dave, but they're customized to my
environment.  

What we do is, 

Create a sample site in its own database.  
Upon creating new sites, we use the copysite scripts to create a new
site from the "skeleton" or "Sample" site.  This way all the access
control as well as default configurations come form the sample site. 

A similar approach might work.

-----Original Message-----
From: support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org] On
Behalf Of The Golden Condor !
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 8:23 AM
To: support at drupal.org
Subject: [support] Common Configurations of Multiple Sites

Hi,

I have a single drupal installation with multiple sites. I can
somewhat easily customize each site individually, such as enable and
configure modules, add user roles, etc.

However, when I realize that I need a specific user role for all of my
5 drupal sites (particularly, site admin with reduced privileges), I
find it tedious to log into each site separately and configure it. The
problem escalates as the number of sites goes up.

I was wondering if there is an easier way to mass-configure all sites
in a single installation? (I am guessing the answer is no, because
conflict resolution could be complex?)

When creating a new site (i.e., copying sites/default to something
else), and running the install script (install.php) on that site, are
the default settings for the new site copied from the default site
that I reconfigured, or reinitialized with Drupal default values? If
it's the latter, is there an easy way to change installation defaults?

If any of these questions have been answered elsewhere, I'd appreciate
a pointer to the answer.

Cheers,

Tony A.A.
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