Editing The Shared Adminstudio.ini File - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 6: Managing Application Catalog Databases
Managing Application Catalogs
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permission, they cannot change the location of the AdminStudio Shared directory on the Options dialog. In
this situation, the location of the AdminStudio Shared directory would be set during installation.

Editing the Shared AdminStudio.ini File

To set a default Application Catalog for all AdminStudio users at your enterprise by editing the
AdminStudio.ini
Task: To specify the default Application Catalog by editing the Shared AdminStudio.ini file:
1. First, the AdminStudio System Administrator needs to perform the following steps to set the default Application
Catalog for the enterprise:
a. Locate and copy the following file on the machine where you installed AdminStudio:
C:\AdminStudio Shared\Shared AdminStudio.ini
b. Copy this file to a shared network location that is accessible to all of the users in your enterprise.
c. Open the
2. Insert the following in the
[Database Settings]
DefaultDatabase=Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;User ID=userid; PWD=password;Initial
Catalog=nameofdatabase;Data Source=nameofsqlserver;
3. Next, each AdminStudio user in the enterprise needs to perform the following steps to set the location of their
AdminStudio Shared Location directory to the same shared network directory that the System
Administrator configured.
a. Launch AdminStudio.
b. On the Tools menu, click Options. The AdminStudio Options dialog box opens.
a. Open the Locations tab.
b. Set the AdminStudio Shared Location to the shared network location provided by your System
Administrator.
Caution •
permission, they cannot change the location of the AdminStudio Shared folder on the Options dialog. In
this situation, the location of the AdminStudio Shared location would be set during installation.
Note • The Roles assigned to a user determine that user's permissions:
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If a user is not assigned to a Role that has the Modify AdminStudio Tools Options Dialog
file, perform the following steps.
Shared AdminStudio.ini
[Database Settings]
If a user is not assigned to a Role that has the Modify AdminStudio Tools Options Dialog
file that you just copied to a shared network location.
section of the
Shared AdminStudio.ini
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