Work with Central Settings

Application Administration Central Settings allow an administrator to control several iSeries™ Access for Windows^® functions that previously were managed using Client Access Express policies.

To view a list of the functions and settings that you can control using Application Administration Central Settings, see the iSeries Access for Windows policy list.

Note: iSeries Access for Windows policies can be handled through these Central Settings. However, the following policies are not supported: , installation, detailed PC5250 settings, and computer access (Application Administration does not allow you to specify whether or not a computer (PC) is allowed or denied access to a function).

The following figure shows you what to expect when you select an iSeries system > Application Administration > Central Settings. From this dialog, you can work with the Central Settings. This dialog allows you to grant or deny access to specific administrable functions by selecting the check boxes. The items listed are the administrable functions that are available to administer within the Client Applications tab.

Figure 1. Application Administration Central Settings dialog listing the administrable functions.

You can administer iSeries Access for Windows functions from the Central Settings page, but in order to work with Advanced Settings for iSeries Access for Windows, you need to open the advanced settings dialog by clicking Advanced Settings. . .. Through the administration system, a system administrator can set the advanced settings for a user or group. The administrator can either mandate or suggest these values. The advanced settings are available only if Advanced Settings for iSeries Access for Windows is registered.

To work with the advanced settings for a user or group, complete the following:

1. In iSeries Navigator, right-click your administration system.
2. Select Application Administration > Central Settings.
3. Click Advanced Settings. . ..
4. Select the user or group you want to work with.
5. Click the Connections tab to set sign on information, performance settings and whether or not Secure Sockets layer (SSL) is used when connecting to the server. Click the padlock to change a value from mandated to suggested, or vice versa.
6. Click the Passwords tab to specify whether or not to warn users before their passwords expire. You may also specify whether or not to allow caching of passwords and whether or not all incoming remote commands are allowed when caching is disabled. Click the padlock to change a value from mandated to suggested, or vice versa.
7. Click the Language tab to specify default or user-defined values for character conversion overrides. You can also specify to enable bidirectional script transformations. Click the padlock to change a value from mandated to suggested, or vice versa.
8. Click the Service tab to specify whether or not to automatically start background service jobs. Click the padlock to change a value from mandated to suggested, or vice versa.
9. Select the Environments tab to specify what environments are available to the selected user or group. The environments defined by the system administrator cannot be changed by the user or group.
   Note: This information differs from the iSeries Access for Windows policy.
10. Click the Plug-ins tab. Use this tab to specify if you want to automatically determine if new plug-ins are available for install. By default, Automatically determine if new plug-ins are available for install is checked. When this box is checked the i5/OS™ system scans clients for their plug-ins when they first connect to it. If the i5/OS server has additional plug-ins for the client, it prompts the user to install them. This setting can be turned off by deselecting the Automatically determine if new plug-ins are available for install box.
11. Click OK to close the Advanced Settings dialog.
12. Click OK to close the Application Administration dialog.