Library Default Options

This Help topic refers to the following editions:

þ Enterprise þ Small Business þProfessional þ Personal

 

The Library application options can be reached from the desktop menu bar item Tools/Options/Library item.

 

Setting application defaults on this screen is an Administrator function and can only be changed by users with Administrator permissions.

 

These optional settings enable administrators to set defaults for connecting to the DocuXplorer Library database either locally or over the Internet, and require user login and inactivity logout time.

 

Tip:

Click one of the following links to view options for the DocuXplorer edition you are using:

DocuXplorer Personal

Library Options for DX Personal - a single-user edition of DocuXplorer.

 

DocuXplorer Personal has no Library defaults to set.

 

DocuXplorer Professional

Library Options for DX Professional - a single-user edition of DocuXplorer.

The Tool/Options Library Screen is used is set defaults for Library and User Access

 

Library Access (this item effects defaults for all users in a Library)

Login Required

When checked, requires all users in a Library to use Login names and passwords. This setting is an administrator function and will affect every user in a Library.

In DocuXplorer Professional login is not required but can be enabled.

User Access

Login as

Enter the default Login name to be displayed at this workstation. Users can change the Login Name and password in the Login dialog box that appears when DocuXplorer is started on a workstation.

Tip:

When a Login is required the administrator will need to create a User List with the names of users and their associated password.

 

Inactivity Logout Time

DocuXplorer can automatically logout a user/workstation after a set period of inactivity. Enter the period of inactivity to allow before logging out the user/workstation.

 

DocuXplorer Enterprise

Library Options for DX Enterprise - a multi-user edition of DocuXplorer.

 

This screen contain additional set up items specific to use in a multi-user system either a Local Area Network or Internet connection

 

Library Access  (these items affect defaults for all users in a Library)

Login Required

When checked, requires all users in a Library to use Login names and passwords. This setting is an administrator function will affect every user in a Library.

For users on a local machine (Professional) or local area network (Enterprise) login is not required but can be enabled.

Login as

Enter the default Login name to be displayed at this workstation. Users can change the Login Name and password in the Login dialog box that appears when DocuXplorer is started on a workstation.

Use Network Login

When selected this feature enables automatic user login, when the DocuXplorer user login and workstation login are the same.  No password would be needed in DocuXplorer as the workstation user login will determine access.

 

How Active Directory Users and Groups can Access DocuXplorer

DocuXplorer can import users and groups from Active Directory without synchronizing the passwords. Users will experience the same benefits by following these directions:

    1. Import users and groups from Active Directory.

    2. Set each DocuXplorer user's password to a value that only the Administrator knows.

    3. Select: Tools,Options, Library, Use Network Login.

When the user starts their computer, they are prompted for their User ID and Password. These are verified by the operating system.

Once the user starts DocuXplorer the system will lookup and validate their User ID in the DocuXplorer User List (via DocuXplorer Import).

 If the user's name is found then they are granted access because the operating system already verified their identity. Only the Administrator knows the user's actual password. Other users cannot impersonate other users unless the operating system was compromised.

Tip:

This feature will negate the ability to provide an Inactivity Logout Timer. If Inactivity Logout is required do not use this feature.

 

Inactivity Logout Time

DocuXplorer can automatically logout a user after a set period of workstation inactivity. Enter the period of inactivity to allow before logging out a user.

 

Enable Internet Access

Select this check box to allow access via the Internet. A Login is required when you set DocuXplorer to enable Internet access and is only available in the Enterprise program.

Security Level

Security Level can be set for Internet access. The security level can be set for either No Authentication, the default Authentication or Authentication and Encryption.

 

No Authentication

This level provides no authentication or encryption. This might be the choice if the Sybase Advantage Internet Server were being used in an intranet environment. Users are not prompted to enter a user ID and password on the database application startup.

Authenticate

This Level requires users to authenticate but no encryption is used. Users are prompted on database application startup to enter a user ID and password. User access to database files is limited according to the user rights in the Advantage Data Dictionary.

Authenticate and Encrypts

This level requires users to authenticate and encrypts all data during the session. Users are prompted on database application startup to enter a user ID and password unless "Use network login" is selected. The encryption algorithm is an industry-standard stream cipher that uses 160-bit keys.

 

Max Login Attempts

Determines the maximum number of Login attempts to be processed before the user login is disabled.

Tip:

When a Login is required the administrator will need to create a User List with the names of users and their associated password.

 

Enable Intranet/LAN Encryption - when checked, the data transmitted between the workstation and the server are encrypted. The encryption algorithm is an industry-standard stream cipher that uses 160-bit keys.
 

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