Locking the Telnet configuration

Using the Web-to-Host Wizard, you can lock several BlueZone features. This is accomplished by using the GUI locks feature found on the Advanced Settings page. One of the BlueZone features that can be locked is called Session Configure. By selecting this lock setting, your users will not be able to change any settings in any of the associated BlueZone Session Configuration dialogs, including the TN3270/TN3270E Telnet settings.

As an option, it is possible to lock only BlueZone's Telnet features on a more granular basis. For example, you may have a situation where you want to allow your users to be able to change certain Telnet settings but not others.

This can be accomplished by using the Telnet locking feature. This feature requires manual configuration.

Configuration method: Manual configuration

Feature scope: Launch folder level feature

On your web server, locate the desired Site Folder and Launch Folder that contain that sessions that you want to lock.

Look at the Telnet feature lock table and locate the desired feature(s) that you want to lock.

Refer to Telnet feature lock table for more information.

Locate the default.ini file and open it with Notepad.

Locate the [Configuration Lock Feature] section.

To lock a single feature, type the value of the desired feature in the LockTelnet= entry.

For example, if you want to lock the Keep Alive Tab configuration settings, type 16:

[Configuration Lock Feature]
Lock=0
LockFTP=0
LockTelnet=16
ShowLockedDialogs=Yes
DisableAppendToClipboard=No

To lock multiple features, add the values of the desired features together and type the sum in the LockTelnet= entry.

For example, if you want to lock the Device tab and Certificate tab configuration settings, add 2 and 8 together for a total of 10 and type that sum:

[Configuration Lock Feature]
Lock=0
LockFTP=0
LockTelnet=10
ShowLockedDialogs=Yes
DisableAppendToClipboard=No

Save and close the file.

From now on, when your users launch a BlueZone session from this launch folder, the Telnet configuration tabs that you selected are no longer displayed.

Note

When you use the Telnet locking feature, any tab that you have set for locking, is no longer displayed in the Telnet Properties dialog. In other words, when is tab is locked, it disappears.

CAUTION

On the GUI Locks page, do not select either the Lock All Settings or the Session Configure lock check boxes in conjunction with the Telnet Locking feature. Selecting either of these settings, makes it impossible for your users to access any BlueZone Telnet settings which defeats the purpose of this feature.