Changing Internet Agent Settings In Consoleone; Modifying The Gwia.cfg File; Editing Guidelines - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

Section 52.1.2, "Modifying the gwia.cfg File," on page 832
Section 52.1.3, "Editing Guidelines," on page 832

52.1.1 Changing Internet Agent Settings in ConsoleOne

We recommend that you modify configuration settings in ConsoleOne rather than using
corresponding switches in the

52.1.2 Modifying the gwia.cfg File

If you need to change the Internet Agent's configuration and do not have access to ConsoleOne, you
can manually edit the
primary settings in ConsoleOne so that the Internet Agent starts using the new settings. However,
the primary settings are not changed in the domain database as a result of editing the
In order to specify secondary configuration settings that are not available in ConsoleOne, you must
edit the
gwia.cfg
The location of the
platform:
NetWare:
Linux:
Windows:

52.1.3 Editing Guidelines

If you decide to manually edit the
making modifications:
Archive a copy of the file in case you need to return to the original switch settings.
Use a text editor to edit the file.
The comment characters include the semicolon (;), pound sign (#), and asterisk (*), and are
used to disable a switch or to add comments. The Internet Agent ignores any line that begins
with a comment character.
Changes made to the configuration file do not take effect until you restart the Internet Agent.
Switches used in the configuration file must begin with one of the following switch delimiters:
/ (forward slash) or - (hyphen). For example, you can use /sd or -sd. On Linux, you can use the
Linux double-hyphen standard (for example, --sd).
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gwia.cfg
file. Any changes you make to the
gwia.cfg
file.
file used by the Internet Agent depends on the Internet Agent's
gwia.cfg
The gwia.cfg file used by the NetWare
as the agent (typically sys:\system). Do not edit the
domain\wpgate\gwia directory
Agent.
The file used by the Linux Internet Agent is located in the
gwia.cfg
groupwise/agents/share
The file used by the Windows Internet Agent is located in the
gwia.cfg
directory. Do not edit the
domain\wpgate\gwia
directory as the Internet Agent program. This
Internet Agent to the
gwia.cfg
gwia.cfg
file.
®
Internet Agent is located in the same directory
gwia.cfg
; if you do, the changes do not affect the Internet
directory.
gwia.cfg
gwia.cfg
file in the
domain\wpgate\gwia
file, keep the following guidelines in mind when
file override the
gwia.cfg
gwia.cfg
file located in the
/opt/novell/
file located in the same
file is only used to redirect the
directory.
file.