Copernicus in a Multi-User Environment

Copernicus is designed to work well with multi-user environments such as Linux and later versions of Windows.

When Copernicus is run for the first time by a user, the file .copernicus.ini is created in their home directory which stores all configurable Copernicus settings (such as default language). This means that each user has their own set of configurable options, rather than a global set which they share.

If however you want to set it it up so that settings are global - there is a way to do it. Before Copernicus loads the $\sim$/.copernicus.ini file (``$\sim$'' represents the users home directory) if first checks to see if the file copernicus.ini exists in the current working directory (usually the directory from which Copernicus is launched, or as specified as a shortcut property). If it does exist then those options are used instead. Note: It may not always be possible to set this up, for example if you are using Copernicus with Java Web Start.