Disable Functions: Connection

The radio buttons on the Connection pane enable or disable session-related functions in the following areas:

• In the popup menus that appear when a user right-clicks:
  • An icon in the Configured Sessions area of the Host On-Demand client desktop; or
  • An icon in the Active Sessions area of the Host On-Demand client desktop.
• In the following pulldown menus on the session windows of display emulation sessions and printer emulation sessions:
  • File
  • Communication
• In the main toolbar on the session windows of display emulation sessions.

Functions:

Run the Same

Starts a session and connects to the host using the same properties as the selected session. Run the Same appears on the menu in the Active Sessions area and on the File menu in the session window.

Allow Connect

Connects an active session. Connect appears on the menu in the Active Sessions area and on the Communication menu of the session window. If you disable this option, make sure Auto-Connect is set to Yes in the session properties window.

Allow Disconnect

Disconnects a session but does not close the session window. Disconnect appears on the menu in the Active Sessions area and on the Communication menu of the session window.

Start Sessions

Starts a session and connects to the host. Start Session appears on the menu of the Desktop window and the Add Sessions window. Sessions configured to start automatically are not affected by this option. If you disable this option, make sure Start automatically is set to Yes in the session properties window, or else the user will not be able to start a session.

Close Sessions

Closes the session window of an active session. If the session is connected, Close disconnects the session and closes the window. Close appears on the menu in the Active Sessions area of the Desktop window and on the toolbar of the session window.

View Security

Displays security information for a session. The Security Information window also allows the user to view client certificates. Security appears on the Communication menu in a session window.

Jump to Next Session

Switches to the next active session. JumpNext appears on the File menu and the toolbar of a Session window.

 

Settings:

Enabled

Enables the function for:

• All users who access the HTML file (HTML-based model); or
• The currently selected user or group (configuration server-based model and combined model).

The menu item, button, or toolbar icon for this function is added to the user interface of the client.

Disabled

Disables the function. The menu item, button, or toolbar icon for this function is removed from the user interface of the client.

Enable All

Enables all the functions listed on the current pane.

Disable All

Disables all the functions listed on the current pane.

Inherited (Enabled)

This setting, which is available only when you open the Disable Functions window from the Administration Utility, indicates that the currently selected user or group (such as User1) inherits the setting of the group to which it belongs, and that this setting is enabled in the group. For example, if you are editing the profile of User1, and you set Add Sessions to Inherited (Enabled) for User1, this indicates that User1 inherits the Add Sessions setting of the group to which it belongs, and that currently the group to which it belongs has Add Sessions set to Enabled.

Inherited (Disabled)

This setting, which is available only when you open the Disable Functions window from the Administration Utility, indicates that the currently selected user or group inherits the setting of the group to which it belongs, and that this setting is disabled in the group.

Inherit All

The currently selected user or group inherits all its settings from the group to which it belongs.

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