Site and user preferences

Site preferences configure the appearance, behavior, and connectivity of the Workplace and Workplace XT applications. For example, a site preference determines whether users can view and modify security while adding a new document. Application users can optionally configure their own user preferences which will override the corresponding site preferences. Not all site preferences have a matching user preference.

The first user to log in to the Application Engine after installation sets the bootstrap preferences and is added as a member of the Application Engine Administrators group. The settings entered during bootstrap initialization can be changed later in Site Preferences. Bootstrap initialization creates a preference file for the site and saves it in the /Preferences folder of the designated object store. It also updates the bootstrap.properties file and saves it to Application Engine on a network file server. The table below describes the preferences that have security implications.