Response Files - Novell IFOLDER 3.7 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

6.10.1 Response Files

The response file is a user-specific XML file named
information to automatically create and configure an iFolder user account. A sample
AutoAccount.xml
Linux SP1 Welcome page. You can also use a script to generate a user-specific XML file with
default credentials or with only the server information so that users can enter their credentials when
the Account Assistant displays. See
deployment manager to push the response file to the following folders depending on the client
platform.
Location of the Response file
Table 6-4
Platform
Linux
Windows XP
Windows Vista
IMPORTANT: The name of the response file
The mandatory fields in the response file are Server and Username. If you specify only the server
name without giving the username, then all the inputs to the response file except the server name is
ignored. If this is the case, the Account Assistant displays with the server name pre populated with
the value from the response file. The user should give the rest of the information in the iFolder
Account Assistant.
IMPORTANT: Regardless of whether a field is classified as mandatory or optional, the
corresponding tags should always be present in the XML file for validation. The terms mandatory or
optional apply only to the value of the tags and not to the tags themselves.
To get the status and details of the auto-account creation, see the
the log file is specified in the log configuration file
specify output location of the AutoAccount log files and what events are recorded at run time.The
editable parameters of UI.log4net are similar to that of Simias.log4net. For more information, see
Section 9.4, "Managing the Simias Log and Simias Access Log," on page
Depending on the platform, the log configuration file is present in the following directory.
Location of the Configuration File
Table 6-5
Platform
Linux
Windows XP
Windows Vista
92 OES 2 SP1: Novell iFolder 3.7 Administration Guide
is available for downloading in the Software Download page of the OES 2
"Sample Response File" on page 93
AutoAccount.xml
Location
$HOME/.local/share/simias
%USERPROFILE%\Local
Settings\Application Data\simias
%LOCALAPPDATA%/simias
cannot be changed.
AutoAccount.xml
AutoAccount log
. The UI.log4net file allows you
UI.log4net
Location
$HOME/.local/share/simias
%USERPROFILE%\Local
Settings\Application Data\simias
%LOCALAPPDATA%/simias
that contains the basic
for more information. Use a
file. The path to
104.