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Sun Secure Global Desktop Software Administration Guide

Tutorials [Next section]

• For new Secure Global Desktop Administrators
  • Introducing Sun Secure Global Desktop Software
  • Secure Global Desktop and user authentication
  • Understanding webtop and emulator sessions
  • Integrating Secure Global Desktop with the desktop Start Menu
  • Introducing Array Manager
  • Introducing Object Manager
  • Introducing Secure Global Desktop printing
  • Introducing the Secure Global Desktop Web Server
  • Introducing webtop and emulator session load balancing
  • Securing client connections with Secure Global Desktop security services
  • Security and Secure Global Desktop
  • Improving security between Secure Global Desktop servers and application servers
  • Improving security between client devices and Secure Global Desktop servers
  • Introducing application server load balancing
  • Introducing the three-tier architecture
  • Objects and the organizational hierarchy
  • The Secure Global Desktop datastore and Tarantella Federated Naming
  • Users and trusted Secure Global Desktop servers
  • Using copy and paste with Secure Global Desktop
  • Sharing web server and Secure Global Desktop server certificates
• For day-to-day Secure Global Desktop administration
  • Login authorities
• For in-depth Secure Global Desktop administration
  • Introducing web server authentication
  • Using shadowing in the classroom

Case studies [Next section]

• For new Secure Global Desktop Administrators
  • Obtaining and installing an X.509 certificate
  • Giving secure connections across the Internet
  • Giving secure connections to a Secure Global Desktop server
  • Giving secure connections to all users in a department
  • Creating and configuring a person object
  • Creating and publishing an application object to users
• For day-to-day Secure Global Desktop administration
  • Using shadowing to troubleshoot a user's problem
• For in-depth Secure Global Desktop administration
  • Using Secure Global Desktop with the HTTPS port through a firewall
  • Populating the Secure Global Desktop organizational hierarchy using a batch script
  • Remapping or hiding Windows 2000/2003 application server drives
  • Using Secure Global Desktop with firewalls
• For Secure Global Desktop customizers
  • Launching applications from JavaScript

Reference [Next section]

• For new Secure Global Desktop Administrators
  • The tarantella command
  • Working with the Sun Secure Global Desktop Client
  • Configuring Microsoft Windows Terminal Services for use with Secure Global Desktop
  • Configuring client drive mapping
  • Configuring the Sun Secure Global Desktop Client for desktop Start Menu integration
  • Profiles and the Sun Secure Global Desktop Client
  • Securing connections to Active Directory and LDAP directory servers
  • Securing the SOAP connections to a Secure Global Desktop server
  • Working with users in different locales
  • Configuring printing for UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X clients
  • Configuring printing if you use the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS)
  • Configuring the Secure Global Desktop server to accept remote print requests
  • Printing from a Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 application server
  • Printing from a Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 application server
  • Printing from a Microsoft Windows NT 4 application server
  • Printing from a UNIX or Linux application server
  • Configuring Secure Global Desktop PDF printing
  • Configuring your own web server for use with Secure Global Desktop
  • The tarantella help command
  • The tarantella objectmanager command
  • The tarantella restart command
  • The tarantella start command
  • The tarantella status command
  • The tarantella stop command
  • The tarantella uninstall command
  • Sun Secure Global Desktop Software legal and copyright information
• For day-to-day Secure Global Desktop administration
  • 3270 application object
  • 5250 application object
  • Active Directory container object
  • Character application object
  • Document object
  • Domain component object
  • Group object
  • Host object
  • Organization object
  • Organizational unit object
  • Person object
  • Windows application object
  • X application object
  • Application Launch properties (array-wide)
  • Array properties (array-wide)
  • Channel Protocol Engine properties (server-specific)
  • Character Protocol Engine properties (server-specific)
  • Emulator Sessions properties (array-wide)
  • Execution Protocol Engine properties (server-specific)
  • General properties (server-specific)
  • Licenses properties (array-wide)
  • Licensing and Sun Secure Global Desktop Software
  • Load Balancing properties (array-wide)
  • Print Protocol Engine properties (server-specific)
  • Printing properties (array-wide)
  • Roles in Secure Global Desktop
  • Secure Global Desktop Login properties (array-wide)
  • Securing connections between Secure Global Desktop servers
  • Security properties (array-wide)
  • Security properties (server-specific)
  • Setting up and dismantling a Secure Global Desktop array
  • Smart Card Protocol Engine properties
  • The Active Directory login authority
  • The Anonymous user login authority
  • The ENS login authority
  • The LDAP login authority
  • The NT login authority
  • The SecurID login authority
  • The UNIX group login authority
  • The UNIX user login authority
  • The authentication token login authority
  • Tuning properties (server-specific)
  • Using shared accounts for "guest" users
  • Web server/third party authentication
  • X Protocol Engine properties (server-specific)
  • Audio Protocol Engine properties (server-specific)
  • Available to run applications (--available)
  • Configuring access to serial ports
  • Configuring application server load balancing
  • Enabling the Active Directory login authority
  • Enabling the LDAP login authority
  • Enabling the NT login authority
  • Enabling the SecurID login authority
  • Load Balancing Algorithm (--loadbal)
  • Mirroring your LDAP organization in ENS
  • The prtinstall.en.sh script
  • Using Directory Services Integration
  • Using log filters for auditing
  • Using log filters to troubleshoot problems with the Secure Global Desktop server
  • Using seamless windows for Windows applications
  • Using smart cards with Windows applications
  • Using the authentication token login authority for automatic logins
  • 3270 Host (--hostname)
  • AS/400 Host (--hostname)
  • Address (--address)
  • Allow delayed updates (--delayed)
  • Answerback Message (--answermsg)
  • Application Command (--app)
  • Application key mode (--appkeymode)
  • Application supports 3-button mouse only (--force3button)
  • Arguments For Command (--args)
  • Attribute Map (--attributemap)
  • Authentication (--auth)
  • Background Color (--3270bg) [3270]
  • Background Color (--bg) [5250]
  • Bandwidth Limit (--bandwidth)
  • Border Style (--border)
  • Client Drive Mapping (--cdm)
  • Client's maximum size (--maximize)
  • Clipboard Access (--clipboard)
  • Clipboard Security Level (--clipboardlevel)
  • Close Telnet Action (--3270tnclose) [3270]
  • Close Telnet Action (--tnclose) [5250]
  • Code Page (--codepage)
  • Color (--rootcolor)
  • Color Map (--colormap)
  • Color depth (--depth)
  • Color quality (--quality)
  • Columns (--cols)
  • Command Compression (--compression)
  • Command Execution (--execution)
  • Connection Method (--method)
  • Connections (--conntype)
  • Cursor (--cursor)
  • Cursor Keys (--cursorkeys)
  • Description (--description)
  • Display Using (--displayusing)
  • Email Address (--email)
  • Emulation Type (--emulator)
  • Emulator Applet Page (--empage)
  • Enable File and Settings menus (--3270si) [3270]
  • Enable File and Settings menus (--si) [5250]
  • Enable X Security Extension (--securityextension)
  • Enable menu bar (--3270mb) [3270]
  • Enable menu bar (--mb) [5250]
  • Environment Variables (--env)
  • Escape Sequences (--escape)
  • Euro Character (--euro)
  • Fixed font size (--fixedfont)
  • Font Family (--font)
  • Font Size (--fontsize)
  • Foreground Color (--3270fg) [3270]
  • Foreground Color (--fg) [5250]
  • Height (--height)
  • Host Locale (--hostlocale)
  • Hosts tab (--appserv)
  • Inherit parent's webtop content (--inherit)
  • Interlaced Images (--interlaced)
  • Keep launch connection open (--keepopen)
  • Keyboard Map (--keymap)
  • Keyboard Type (--3270kt) [3270]
  • Keyboard Type (--kt) [5250]
  • Keypad (--keypad)
  • LDAP Groups (--ldapgroups)
  • LDAP Search (--ldapsearch)
  • LDAP Users (--ldapusers)
  • Lines (--lines)
  • Links tab (--links)
  • Location (--location)
  • Lock keymap (--lockkeymap)
  • Login Script (--login)
  • Max Instances (--maxinstances)
  • Maximize the emulator window (--3270ma) [3270]
  • Maximize the emulator window (--ma) [5250]
  • May log in to Secure Global Desktop (--enabled)
  • Members tab (--member)
  • Middle Mouse Timeout (--middlemouse)
  • Monitor Resolution (--dpi)
  • Name (--name) [domain component object]
  • Name (--name) [objects with "common name"]
  • Name (--name) [organization object]
  • Name (--name) [organizational unit object]
  • Naming objects in the organizational hierarchy
  • Open in new browser window (--newbrowser)
  • Port Number (--portnumber) [3270]
  • Port Number (--portnumber) [5250]
  • Preferred Locale (--preflocale)
  • Profile Editing (--editprofile)
  • Protocol Arguments (--protoargs)
  • Resumable (--resumable)
  • Resumable For (--resumetimeout)
  • Root Window (--roottype)
  • Scale to fit window (--scalable)
  • Scroll Style (--scrollstyle)
  • Selecting a cipher suite for secure connections
  • Serial Port Mapping (--serialport)
  • Session Ends When (--endswhen)
  • Share resources between similar sessions (--share)
  • Shared between users (guest) (--shared)
  • Soft Button Levels (--3270bl) [3270]
  • Soft Button Levels (--bl) [5250]
  • Status Line (--statusline)
  • Surname (--surname)
  • Terminal Type (--termtype)
  • The tarantella array command
  • The tarantella emulatorsession command
  • The tarantella license command
  • The tarantella object command
  • The tarantella print command
  • The tarantella query command
  • The tarantella role command
  • The tarantella security command
  • The tarantella start cdm command
  • The tarantella stop cdm command
  • The tarantella version command
  • The tarantella webserver command
  • The tarantella webtopsession command
  • Try running from client first (--trylocal)
  • Tuning the SSL Daemon process
  • URL (--url)
  • Use Windows cursor (--wincursor)
  • Use graphics acceleration (--accel)
  • Username (--user)
  • Using Remote Desktop on Microsoft Windows XP Professional
  • Using SecurID for application server authentication
  • Webtop Hints (--hints)
  • Webtop Icon (--icon)
  • Webtop Theme (--webtop)
  • Width (--width)
  • Window Close Action (--windowclose)
  • Window Manager (--winmgr)
  • Windows NT Domain (--ntdomain)
  • Windows Protocol (--winproto)
  • Wrap long lines (--autowrap)
  • Client printers (--mapprinters)
  • Customizing the Native Client for UNIX
  • Driver name (--pdfdriver)
  • Let users print to a PDF local file (--pdfviewerenabled)
  • Let users print to a PDF printer (--pdfenabled)
  • Make PDF file printer the default for Windows 2000/3 (--pdfviewerisdefault)
  • Make PDF printer the default for Windows 2000/3 (--pdfisdefault)
  • The tarantella array detach command
  • The tarantella array join command
  • The tarantella array list command
  • The tarantella array make_primary command
  • The tarantella emulatorsession end command
  • The tarantella emulatorsession info command
  • The tarantella emulatorsession list command
  • The tarantella emulatorsession shadow command
  • The tarantella emulatorsession suspend command
  • The tarantella license add command
  • The tarantella license info command
  • The tarantella license list command
  • The tarantella license query command
  • The tarantella license remove command
  • The tarantella license status command
  • The tarantella object add_host command
  • The tarantella object add_link command
  • The tarantella object add_member command
  • The tarantella object delete command
  • The tarantella object edit command
  • The tarantella object list_attributes command
  • The tarantella object list_contents command
  • The tarantella object new_3270app command
  • The tarantella object new_5250app command
  • The tarantella object new_charapp command
  • The tarantella object new_container command
  • The tarantella object new_dc command
  • The tarantella object new_doc command
  • The tarantella object new_group command
  • The tarantella object new_host command
  • The tarantella object new_org command
  • The tarantella object new_orgunit command
  • The tarantella object new_person command
  • The tarantella object new_windowsapp command
  • The tarantella object new_xapp command
  • The tarantella object remove_host command
  • The tarantella object remove_link command
  • The tarantella object remove_member command
  • The tarantella object rename command
  • The tarantella object script command
  • The tarantella print cancel command
  • The tarantella print list command
  • The tarantella print move command
  • The tarantella print pause command
  • The tarantella print resume command
  • The tarantella print start command
  • The tarantella print status command
  • The tarantella print stop command
  • The tarantella query audit command
  • The tarantella query billing command
  • The tarantella query errlog command
  • The tarantella query uptime command
  • The tarantella role add_link command
  • The tarantella role add_member command
  • The tarantella role list command
  • The tarantella role list_links command
  • The tarantella role list_members command
  • The tarantella role remove_link command
  • The tarantella role remove_member command
  • The tarantella security certinfo command
  • The tarantella security certrequest command
  • The tarantella security certuse command
  • The tarantella security customca command
  • The tarantella security decryptkey command
  • The tarantella security fingerprint command
  • The tarantella security peerca command
  • The tarantella security start command
  • The tarantella security stop command
  • The tarantella tscal command
  • The tarantella tscal free command
  • The tarantella tscal list command
  • The tarantella tscal return command
  • The tarantella webserver add_trusted_user command
  • The tarantella webserver delete_trusted_user command
  • The tarantella webserver list_trusted_users command
  • The tarantella webserver restart command
  • The tarantella webserver start command
  • The tarantella webserver stop command
  • The tarantella webtopsession list command
  • The tarantella webtopsession logout command
  • User-specific printing configuration (--userprintingconfig)
• For in-depth Secure Global Desktop administration
  • Backing up and restoring a Secure Global Desktop installation
  • User prompts and X.509 certificates
  • Using Secure Global Desktop with proxy servers
  • Denying users access to Secure Global Desktop after failed login attempts
  • Editing application server load balancing properties
  • Enabling web server authentication for the browser-based webtop
  • Enabling web server authentication for the classic webtop
  • Native Client preferences files on UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X client devices
  • Running the Native Client from the command line
  • Security considerations of using web server authentication
  • Tuning application server load balancing
  • Installing and using SSH with Secure Global Desktop
  • Secure Global Desktop and Java archives
  • The tarantella archive command
  • The tarantella arraymanager command
  • The tarantella cache command
  • The tarantella config command
  • The tarantella passcache command
  • The tarantella setup command
  • The tarantella tokencache command
  • Managing unauthenticated connections to Secure Global Desktop
  • The tarantella config edit command
  • The tarantella config list command
  • The tarantella passcache delete command
  • The tarantella passcache edit command
  • The tarantella passcache list command
  • The tarantella passcache new command
  • The tarantella tokencache delete command
  • The tarantella tokencache list command
  • Trusted users and third party authentication
• For Secure Global Desktop customizers
  • Relocating the browser-based webtop to your own JSP container
  • The ttawebtop.cgi CGI program
  • Client drive mapping (CDM) applet
  • Client drive mapping (CDM) applet parameters
  • Framework applet
  • Framework applet parameters
  • Increasing launch timeouts
  • Launching a single application without displaying a webtop
  • Login applet
  • Login applet parameters
  • Login script Tcl commands
  • Login script variables
  • Login scripts supplied with Secure Global Desktop
  • Print applet
  • Print applet parameters
  • Terminal emulator applet
  • Terminal emulator applet parameters
  • Terminal emulator attribute maps
  • Terminal emulator color maps
  • Terminal emulator keyboard maps
  • The TTAAPPLET tag
  • The tarantella Tcl command
  • Webtop script applet
  • Webtop script applet parameters
  • Webtop tray applet
  • Webtop tray applet parameters
  • X emulator applet
  • X emulator applet parameters
  • Applet parameter data types
  • Configuring Secure Global Desktop print job conversion
  • Logging in with the Secure Global Desktop applets
  • addValue (framework applet)
  • areObjectsInitialized (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • cancelCurrentJob (print applet)
  • closeHierarchyLevel (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • countJobs (print applet)
  • getActive (print applet)
  • getApplicationType (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getCurrentIteratorElement (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getEmulatorState (X emulator applet)
  • getEmulatorState (terminal emulator applet)
  • getEnabled (print applet)
  • getIteratorForAllOpenHierarchyLevels (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getIteratorForHierarchyLevel (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getIteratorHasMoreElements (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getLaunchWaitTimeOut (webtop script and webtop script applets)
  • getNextIteratorElement (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getNumberOfObjects (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getNumberOfObjectsInGroup (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getObjectClass (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getObjectDisplayName (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getObjectDisplayNameByName (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getObjectFullName (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getObjectImageName (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getObjectImageNameByName (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getObjectPlacement (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getParentGroupName (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getPrintState (print applet)
  • getPrinterName (print applet)
  • getPrinterPort (print applet)
  • getPrinterType (print applet)
  • getProperty (X emulator applet)
  • getText (terminal emulator applet)
  • getTotalNumberOfObjects (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • getUnixTempDir (print applet)
  • getUserName (framework applet)
  • getValue (framework applet)
  • getWebtopFramesetURL (framework applet)
  • getWebtopURL (framework applet)
  • getWindowsTempDir (print applet)
  • isApplication (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • isDocument (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • isGroup (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • isHierarchyEnabled (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • isLoggedIn (framework applet)
  • isOpenGroup (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • isRunning (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • killIterator (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • launchByObjectName (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • launchByObjectNumber (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • login method
  • logout method
  • openGroup (webtop tray applet)
  • openHierarchyLevel (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • openParentGroup (webtop tray applet)
  • receivedEvent (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • registerProperty (X emulator applet)
  • removeValue (framework applet)
  • resetNamePassword (login applet)
  • scriptStart method
  • sendKey (terminal emulator applet)
  • setActive (print applet)
  • setEnabled (print applet)
  • setLaunchWaitTimeOut (webtop script and webtop tray applets)
  • setPausedState (print applet)
  • setPrinterName (print applet)
  • setPrinterPort (print applet)
  • setPrinterType (print applet)
  • setProperty (X emulator applet)
  • setText (terminal emulator applet)
  • setUnixTempDir (print applet)
  • setWindowsTempDir (print applet)
  • suspendApplication (X emulator applet)
  • suspendApplication (terminal emulator applet)
  • unregisterProperty (X emulator applet)

Troubleshooting [Next section]

• For new Secure Global Desktop Administrators
  • A session doesn't end when the user exits the application
  • An application exits immediately after starting
  • An application won't start
  • Troubleshooting CPU/memory-based application server load balancing
• For day-to-day Secure Global Desktop administration
  • An application's animation appears "jumpy"
  • Applications disappear after about two minutes
  • Users are unable to copy and paste text or graphics
  • Users cannot print from applications displayed through Secure Global Desktop
  • Using Windows Terminal Services, users are prompted for usernames and passwords too often
  • An "Ambiguous username" dialog is displayed when a user tries to log in
  • LDAP users can't log in to Secure Global Desktop
  • Solaris OS users are unable to log in when Secure Global Desktop security services are running
  • Users are having problems accessing client drives
  • Users complain of poor performance with the Windows desktop
  • A Kiosk application isn't appearing full-screen
  • An application requires a richer set of cursors
  • In some X applications, the ALT and ALT GR keys do not work
  • Troubleshooting printer preferences and settings
  • Troubleshooting sound in Windows applications
  • Users are unable to use smart cards with Windows applications
  • Users have problems displaying high color X applications
  • When Secure Global Desktop printing has been disabled, print jobs can still be queued
  • Windows 2000 users are unable to print a file from a mapped network drive
  • Running Windows applications on client devices
  • Users are unable to relocate their webtop sessions
  • Users see window clipping with Client Window Management applications
  • With Secure Global Desktop PDF printing, fonts don't print as expected
• For in-depth Secure Global Desktop administration
  • Users experience problems with web server authentication
  • Users are unable to connect to Secure Global Desktop when it is in firewall forwarding mode
  • Users see font problems
  • When X authorization is enabled, applications fail to start
  • All Administrators have been removed and no-one can use the administration tools
  • All login authorities are disabled and no-one can access Secure Global Desktop
  • Every server in the array has been disabled and no-one can access Secure Global Desktop
  • Secure Global Desktop uses too much of my network's bandwidth
• For Secure Global Desktop customizers
  • A login script returns an error

Frequently asked questions [Back to top]

• For new Secure Global Desktop Administrators
  • How do I add new Secure Global Desktop Administrators?
  • How does Secure Global Desktop use applets?
  • What are X.509 certificates and why do I need one?
  • What do I need to tell my users?
  • Do I need to license Windows Terminal Services?
  • What are peer DNS names and external DNS names?
  • What is ENS?
  • What is an array?
  • What is the Tarantella System Objects organization?
  • What's in the Secure Global Desktop installation directory?
  • Where is Secure Global Desktop installed?
• For day-to-day Secure Global Desktop administration
  • Can users access Secure Global Desktop without Java technology?
  • Does the browser-based webtop use themes?
  • How do I enable sound in Windows applications?
  • What are Secure Global Desktop security services?
  • What is a role object?
  • Why do users see a printer called _Default in their Windows application?
  • Can I use Secure Global Desktop to access VMS applications?
  • How do I run a Common Desktop Environment (CDE) session?
  • Can I access a web application through Secure Global Desktop?
  • Can I change the name of the printer in the Windows 2000/2003 application session?
• For in-depth Secure Global Desktop administration
  • What certificates does Secure Global Desktop support?
  • Can I run another SMB service with client drive mapping?
  • How can I support users with a client-side firewall that only allows connections on the HTTPS port?
  • How do I tell what connection type a user gets?
  • Can I use an X.509 certificate for another product with Secure Global Desktop?
  • How do I support additional Certificate Authorities?
  • If the array changes, do I have to re-configure printing?
  • What happens when a user's password expires?
  • Can I deny an LDAP user access to Secure Global Desktop?
  • Can I force users to print only to their default client printer?
  • Can I prevent users from launching applications with a different username and password?
  • Can I set a time limit for print jobs?
  • Can I use PKI client certificates with web server authentication?
  • Can I use SafeWord PremierAccess with web server authentication?
  • Can I use other web authentication schemes with Secure Global Desktop web server authentication?
  • Do I have to use distributed printing?
  • How can I make additional Native Clients available?
  • How do I use my own X fonts?
  • What X fonts are installed?
  • What ports does Secure Global Desktop use?
  • Can I chain Certificate Authority certificates?
  • Can I use multiple monitors with Secure Global Desktop?
• For Secure Global Desktop customizers
  • What are login scripts?

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