Using Windows Nt/2000/2003 Server/Xp Logon Scripts; Setting Up The Windows Server; Writing The Windows Logon Script - Symantec 14541094 - pcAnywhere Host & Remote Administrator's Manual

58 Deploying Symantec pcAnywhere custom installations

Using Windows NT/2000/2003 Server/XP logon scripts

Using Windows NT/2000/2003 Server/XP logon scripts

Setting up the Windows server

Writing the Windows logon script

Windows 9x/Windows NT to distribute the pcAnywhere package to
Windows 9x and Windows NT clients.
5
Click Browse, and then and pick the collection to which you want to advertise
the installation.
6
Set the schedule, requirements, and appropriate security rights of the package.
After the advertisement is created, pcAnywhere should deploy to all of the
selected clients.
In a Windows domain, pcAnywhere packages can be deployed to Windows clients
using logon scripts. The following steps are required:
Set up the server.
Write the logon script.
Test the logon script.
Windows NT/2000/2003 Server/XP users must have local administrative rights
on their computers to install the pcAnywhere package.
The server must be configured to allow for the storage of pcAnywhere packages
and the implementation of logon scripts. You must have administrator rights on
the domain to perform these tasks.
To set up the Windows server
1
On the server, create a folder called PCAHOME.
2
Share the folder and use the default share name of PCAHOME.
3
Set the permissions of this share so that all users have Read access.
4
Copy the pcAnywhere package to the PCAHOME share.
You can use the following sample logon script to deploy pcAnywhere packages to
Windows NT/2000/2003 Server/XP clients. The script is a simple batch file that
copies the pcAnywhere package to the workstation, launches the pcAnywhere
package installation, and then cleans up the installation files when complete.
The following examples assume default installation folders. Modify them, as
necessary, to work in your particular environment.