PROIV Client and Open Client - Connection Settings |
Open Client Administration |
This section compares the Session Properties settings between the PROIV Client and the Open Client section, and focuses on the equivalent Connection properties.
PROIV Client |
Description |
Open Client |
Windows |
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Server Connection Session Settings |
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PROIV Hostname or IP Address |
Enter the details of the Virtual Machine host name or the IP address. If you are working locally, enter localhost in this field. |
Open Client Service Settings...Connection Settings...PROIV Hostname or IP Address |
PROIV Username |
Enter the user name for a successful login. During the kernel connection phase to a Windows kernel, this field is used to identify a PROIV INI section name or for PROIV versions 8 or later in PROIV .properties file. If there is no Default User section defined in the kernel INI/.properties file and no match is found for the supplied name, then the kernel will attempt a transparent logon using the supplied name as the PROIV operator name. |
Open Client Service Settings...Connection Settings...PROIV User name |
PROIV Password |
Enter the password required for a successful login. |
Open Client Service Settings...Connection Settings...PROIV Password |
Remember Username or Password |
Check the box to ensure that the user name and password details are remembered. |
Not Supported |
Prompt for Security |
Check the box if you want a security prompt to display during the login process to the host. |
Not Supported |
Advanced Settings |
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Connection Timeout (s) |
The length of time (in seconds) that the Windows Client will wait between the connection attempt starting, and the text defined in the Command Prompt field being displayed after a successful login. If this time is exceeded, the Windows Client displays a telnet window for a manual login attempt. |
Not Supported |
Terminal Command |
The time in seconds to wait for a successful connection to a PROIV Virtual Machine before displaying a telnet window for manual login. Defaults to 10 seconds. |
Not Supported |
Server Port |
The port on which the remote host is listening for a client connection. This is usually 23 for a telnet connection. An SSL connection (a more secure connection using encryption) may use a different port. |
Open Client Service Settings...Connection Settings...Server Port |
Standard TCP connection |
The connection to the host is via TCP/IP. This is the default connection. |
Not Supported |
Secure Connection |
The connection to the host is via TCP/IP. This is the default connection. |
Not Supported |
Host Connection Settings |
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PROIV Virtual Machine Hostname or IP Address |
Enter the details of the Virtual Machine host name or the IP address. If you are working locally, enter localhost in this field. |
Host Connection...Connection Settings...PROIV Virtual Machine Hostname or IP Address |
Port |
The port on which the remote host is listening for a client connection. This is usually 23 for a telnet connection. An SSL connection (a more secure connection using encryption) may use a different port. |
Host Connection...Connection Settings...Port |
Advanced Settings |
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Login via Terminal |
Not applicable for Windows. |
Disabled. |
Telnet Mode |
Not applicable for Windows. |
Disabled. |
User Prompt |
Enter the user name for a successful login. During the kernel connection phase to a Windows kernel, this field is used to identify a PROIV INI section name. If there is no Default User section defined in the kernel INI file and no match is found for the supplied name, then the kernel will attempt a transparent logon using the supplied name as the PROIV operator name. |
Host Connection...Connection Settings...User Prompt |
Password Prompt |
Enter the password required for a successful login. |
Host Connection...Connection Settings...Password Prompt |
Command Line Prompt |
Enter the required command line prompt. |
Host Connection...Connection Settings...Command Line Prompt |
Timeout |
The time in seconds to wait for a successful connection to a PROIV Virtual Machine before displaying a telnet window for manual login. Defaults to 10 seconds. |
Not Supported |
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PROIV Client |
Description |
Open Client |
Unix |
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PROIV Hostname or IP Address |
Enter the details of the Virtual Machine host name or the IP address. If you are working locally, enter localhost in this field. |
Open Client Service Settings...Connection Settings...Host |
Commands to run PROIV Virtual Machine |
After a successful log, you can specify to run shell scripts on the Unix host. Enter the full path to the file containing the connection scripts. |
Open Client Service Settings...Connection Settings...Command |
Unix User Name
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Enter the user name for a successful login |
Open Client Service Settings...Connection Settings...User |
Unix Password |
Enter the password for a successful login. |
Open Client Service Settings...Connection Settings...Password |
Remember Username and Password |
Check the box to ensure that the user name and password details are remembered. |
Not Supported |
Prompt for Security |
Select this check box to enable the PROIV Client to prompt the user for user name and password at connection. Selecting the Remember Username/Password check box eliminates having to re-enter the user name and password. |
Not Supported |
Advanced Settings |
These parameters allow you to specify the strings to search for before transmitting the user name and password, the command prompt to wait for before sending the startup command to the host, and the timeout value (in seconds) to wait before generating a time-out warning. |
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Terminal Command |
The command line for the terminal emulation program you are using to connect into the remote host.
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Open Client Service Settings...Connection Settings...Command |
Command Parameters |
Enter the command line parameters that need to be passed to the terminal emulator when used for connecting to a host. You may enter the location of an automated login script (if the third party software allows it). Any parameters using a third party executable may be entered in this field. See the user documentation for the terminal emulation software you are using for more information. |
Not Supported |
User Prompt |
The text displayed by the remote host when asking a user to log into the operating system. This is the text that would be seen if a user manually connected into that machine using the program or script entered into the Terminal Command field, before the user would enter their user name. |
Open Client Service Settings...Connection Settings...User Prompt |
Password Prompt |
The text displayed by the remote host, used to ask the user to enter their operating system user password. |
Open Client Service Settings...Connection Settings...Password Prompt |
Server Port |
The port on which the remote host is listening for a client connection.
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Open Client Service Settings...Connection Settings...Port |
Terminal Window Title |
Enter the text that you would like to see in the window title area of the PROIV Client. This field is optional; the text you enter will appear after a connection is made. See Locating a Valid Telnet Session Window for additional information. |
Not Supported |
Command Line Prompt |
The text displayed by the remote host that indicates the connection has been successfully made, and the remote host is waiting for a command. This is usually the command prompt for the specified operating system user on the remote machine. |
Open Client Service Settings...Connection Settings...Success Prompt |
Login via Terminal |
This option invokes a telnet terminal emulator program to allow the user to login. |
Not Supported |
Connection Timeout (s) |
The time in seconds to wait for a successful connection to a PROIV Virtual Machine. Defaults to 10 seconds. |
Not Supported |
Telnet Mode |
Check this box if the remote host needs to negotiate the telnet connection in binary mode. Your remote host’s system administrator should be able to provide assistance. |
Open Client Service Settings...Connection Settings...Telnet Binary Options |
Terminal Type |
Terminal type that is presented to the host telnet service.
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Not Supported |
Standard TCP Connection |
The connection to the host is via TCP/IP. This is the default connection |
Not Supported |
Secure Connection
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If you want to make an SSL connection and your remote host supports it, check this box. |
Not Supported |
Connect via SSH tunnel |
Enforces a Secure Shell connection to the host.
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Open Client Service Settings...Connection Settings...Protocol |
Topic ID: 800030