Customize your connection

You may choose not to give users the ability to run commands from a wireless device but still provide users with the ability to view monitors and system status. You may also want to change your task details expiration. This page shows you how to limit user access to iSeries™ Navigator for Wireless functions using Application Administration, as well as customize your task details retrieval length.

Limit user access to Management Central by manually removing functions from iSeries Navigator for Wireless and by configuring Application Administration, and customize how long summary information stays on your display before it is cleared.

Limit user access

Because you may want to limit a user's capability to work with Management Central from a wireless device, the following steps provide a way to let users view monitors and system status but not take any action from iSeries Navigator for Wireless.

The following functions can be removed:

Running commands on iSeries and integrated xSeries^® servers
Starting or shutting down integrated xSeries servers
Performing any action on a job (Hold, Release, End)
Performing any action on a message (Reply, Delete)
Starting, stopping, or restarting any monitor

To limit access, you must create the following options file:

In the integrated file system, create a file in the following directory:
Directory: QIBM/UserData/OS400/MGTC/Pervasive/
File: QYPV_OPTIONS.OPT
Enter one of the following text strings into your file:
- readonly=yes
- readonly=no

A specific user can also have an options file named QYPV xxxxxx.OPT, where xxxxxx is the user ID. This specific user file will override the QYPV_OPTIONS.OPT file allowing you to grant all users readonly=yes authority, while granting specific users all access.

Set task details retrieval length

Detailed information about tasks are available on the summary screen. These details are set to expire in 24 hours (tasks will still run, but no new data about a task will be retrieved from the central system and displayed on your wireless device after 24 hours). You can change the expiration time by editing the following option file:

Directory: QIBM/UserData/OS400/MGTC/Pervasive/

File: QYPV_OPTIONS.OPT

Add the following new entry to the option file (where XXXX, any number between 1-9999, is the number of hours):

HOURS_OLD= XXXX

This is not case sensitive and can be either on a separate line or separated by a space from the READONLY entry.

For example, your newly edited file might read:

READONLY=no

HOURS_OLD=48

This will give you full access and show tasks that have run in the last 48 hours.

Configure Application Administration

You can use Application Administration to control user access to the following functions in Management Central: limit or grant access to monitors and commands. You should check to make sure the functions selected in Application Administration are configured to match your desired preferences for connecting to Management Central with a wireless device.

Examples:

If a user is not authorized to Management Central but has a valid user ID on the iSeries, when they try to connect to Management Central with a wireless device an authorization error message is displayed.
If a user is authorized to Management Central but does not have Application Administration authority to access monitors, no monitor information is displayed on the wireless device.
If a user is not authorized to commands in Management Central, they will not be able to run a command definition or run a command on an Integrated xSeries Server.

For more information on configuring and using Application Administration, see: Application Administration.