Chapter 3. Configuring Your Vm/Pc System; The Configuration File - IBM Professional Series User Manual

Chapter 3. Configuring Your VMjPC
System
The Configuration File
One of the files that is copied to your C disk when VM/PC
is installed is called the Configuration file. It contains
information about the way you want to use VM/PC and
about the files and other resources you want VM/PC to use.
This information, which is read every time you run the
VM/PC sessions, includes the following:
• The names of the VM/PC programs and files as well as
the drive on which to find them (This gives you the
ability to rename them or move them to a disk other than
your C disk.)
• The names (USERIDs) of those allowed to use the Local
3277 Session
• For each user named,
A password to prove identity
The size of the 370 virtual machine
The number and size of any minidisks owned by the
user
The names of other users' minidisks that the user
needs to access (This is called "linking.")
• The amount of printer spooling activity to expect
• Which options and automatic features of VM/PC to use
Because of the information in the Configuration file, it is
possible to have several people use the same VM/PC system
without damaging each other's files. Also, a single minidisk
can be shared by several users, making it unnecessary for
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