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Using the APGEN Utility
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Prompting the User for the Password
To have the terminal server user interface prompt the user for the password during script execution, remove
the pound sign # and delete <secret>. The following example modifies the command line for the privileged
password in this way:
DEFINE SERVER PRIVILEGED PASSWORD
When you execute the script from the terminal server, the script displays the following prompt:
Password>
Enter the password, which does not appear on the screen. The script then prompts you to enter it again:
Verification>
Enter the password again. If you enter the correct password, the script continues executing. If you enter an
incorrect password, the script displays an error message and continues executing.
Enabling Configurable and Keyed Features
The terminal server allocates memory to certain features and protocols only when you enable them. When
you disable them, the memory is freed for other purposes. These are configurable features. Keyed features
use memory only when enabled, but also require a software password or “key” to enable them. The
Software Management Guide for the Model 3395/3395A Terminal Server and Commands Reference for the
Model 3395/3395A Terminal Server describe keyed features in detail. Contact your SynOptics sales
representative if you need to obtain a software key for a feature.
When a configurable or keyed feature is disabled, the script file includes a comment line indicating this, and
lists some commands associated with the feature as comment lines. Other commands associated with the
feature do not appear at all until you enable it.
Enabling a configurable or keyed feature with an APGEN script is a multistep process. Follow these steps
to enable a configurable or keyed feature with an APGEN script:
• Edit the command in the script file to enable the feature. To do this, remove the # symbol from the
beginning of the command line and change DISABLED to ENABLED.
• Execute the script file on the terminal server. If the feature requires a software ”key,” or password, the
interface prompts you to enter it during the script execution. Enter the password and press the
<Return> key.
When script file execution is complete, wait for about one minute while the terminal server writes out
the new parameters to the parameter server. The Storage State field of the Monitor Parameter Server
screen displays an Idle state when the update is complete.
• Initialize the terminal server after it has updated the parameter server.
• Execute the apgen command on the new parameter file. You can use the option which converts only
those characteristics for the particular feature such as -tn3270 or -kerberos.
• Edit the commands in the script associated with the enabled feature.
• Execute the new APGEN file on the terminal server to change the values of characteristics associated
with the enabled feature.
• Initialize the terminal server again after it has written out the updated parameters to the parameter server
to enable the DEFINE commands.