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After installing the concurrent login feature as described in Installing the concurrent login feature,
you can configure the registry keys created on the endpoints by the Tivoli_login_control_4.2.1.spb software package.
The registry keys are created in the following locations within the Registry
Editor:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tivoli\SWDnotification
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tivoli\SWDnotification\upcall
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tivoli\SWDnotification\wmansd
To view and edit the registry keys, use the wdepcem command. For more information on this command, see wdepcem.
The following is a list of all the registry keys created on the endpoints:
Keys located in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tivoli\SWDnotification
- IsEnabled
- Specifies whether the concurrent login feature is enabled. Supported
values are 1, which means that the feature is enabled,
and 0, which means that the feature is disabled. The
default value is 1.
- TraceLevel
- Specifies the tracing level. Supported values are as follows:
- 0
- Traces are disabled. This is the default value.
- 1
- Standard tracing is enabled.
- 2
- Verbose tracing is enabled.
- TracePath
- Specifies the full path and name of the trace files. The default value
is: $(system_drive)\SWDnotification.log.
- DenyPopupEnabled
- Specifies whether a message must be displayed on the endpoint to notify
the user that login is temporarily disabled. Supported values are 1, which means that the dialog is displayed, and 0 which
means that the dialog is not displayed. The default value is 1.
- PopUpTimeout
- Specifies how many seconds the message must be displayed on the endpoint
if you set the DenyPopupEnabled key to 1. The default value is 10.
- LoginDeniedTitle
- Defines the title of the dialog box displayed on the endpoint if you
set the DenyPopupEnabled key to 1.
The default value is SWDNotification.
- LoginDeniedMsg
- Defines the text contained in the dialog box displayed on the endpoint
if you set the DenyPopupEnabled key to 1. When customizing the message, you can use the \r\n symbols
for inserting a carriage return. The default value is: "Distribution in progress\r\nLogon
temporarily disabled."
- DenyLogonOnPauseError
- Specifies whether the user is allowed to log in to the workstation if
an error occurs during an attempt to pause the distribution. Supported values
are 1, which means the user is not allowed to log in,
and 0, which means the user is allowed to log in. The
default value is 1.
- LoginDeniedMsgOnPauseError
- Defines the text contained in the dialog box displayed on the endpoint
if the distribution cannot be paused and you set the DenyLogonOnPauseError key to 1. When customizing the message, you can
use the \r\n symbols for inserting a carriage return and the $(DIST_ID)
variable which is replaced at run time with the distribution ID. The default
value is: " The pause failed for distribution $(DIST_ID)\r\n Contact system
administrator."
- SwitchPopupDesktop
- Specifies whether the message displayed on the endpoint if you set the DenyPopupEnabled key to 1, must be
shown on a new Windows(R) desktop. Supported values are 0, which means the default Windows desktop is used, and 1, which means a new Windows desktop is used. The default value
is 1.
- LogoffType
- Specifies which type of logoff must be performed. Supported values are
as follows
- 0
- Performs a standard logoff. This is the default value.
- 1
- Performs a forced log off ending all active processes.
- 2
- Performs a logoff ending active and hung processes.
- DefaultShutdownAllowdBeforeReset
- Defines the number of shutdown operations after which the user is allowed
to log in again. This key prevents the user from being irrecoverably logged
out of the workstation. The default value is 20.
- CompletionPopupEnabled
- Specifies whether a message is displayed on the endpoint to notify the
user that the distribution has completed and login is allowed. Supported values
are 0, which means the message is not displayed, and 1, which means the message is displayed.
- CompletionProgramPath
- Specifies the path to the application that manages the message to be
displayed if you set the CompletionPopupEnabled to 1. Use this key if you modified the path where wcompmsg.exe
is installed or if you want to use a different application for managing the
message.
- CompletionPopupTitle
- Defines the title of the dialog box displayed on the endpoint if you
set the CompletionPopupEnabled key to 1. The default value is SWDNotification.
- CompletionPopupMsg
- Defines the text contained in the dialog box displayed on the endpoint
if you set the CompletionPopupEnabled key to 1. When customizing the message, you can use the \n symbol
for inserting a carriage return. The default value is: "Distribution complete\nLogon
is now permitted."
- ShutdownPopupEnabled
- Specifies whether a message is displayed when you attempt to perform
a shutdown during a distribution for which shutdown has been disabled. You
must choose between performing a logoff immediately, performing a restart
immediately, or performing a logoff immediately and subsequently a shutdown
when the distribution completes. See also LogoffShutdownString. Supported values are 0, which means the
message is not displayed, and 1, which means the message
is displayed. The default value is 1.
- ShutdownPopupMsg
- Defines the text contained in the dialog box displayed on the endpoint
if you set the ShutdownPopupEnabled key to 1. When customizing the message, you can use the \n symbol
for inserting a carriage return. The default value is: "The machine will shut
down when the distribution completes."
Keys located in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tivoli\SWDnotification\upcall
- LCF_BINDIR
- Is the fully qualified path to the LCF_BINDIR.
- LCF_CACHEDIR
- Is the fully qualified path to the LCF_CACHEDIR.
- LCF_DATDIR
- Is the fully qualified path to the LCF_DATDIR.
- UpcallProgram
- Is the fully qualified path to the application which communicates with
the gateway.
- UpcallTimeout
- Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the gateway.
The default value is 120 seconds.
Keys located in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tivoli\SWDnotification\wmansd
- Title
- Defines the title of the dialog box displayed on the endpoint if you
set the ShutdownPopupEnabled key to 1 and the user attempts to perform a shutdown during a distribution for
which shutdown has been disabled. The default value is SWDNotification.
- Message
- Defines the message contained in the dialog box displayed on the endpoint
if you set the ShutdownPopupEnabled key to 1 and the user attempts to perform a shutdown during a distribution for
which shutdown has been disabled. When customizing the message, you can use
the \n symbol for inserting a carriage return. The default value
is: "Please choose one of the following."
- Timeout
- Specifies a timeout in seconds for choosing between a logoff, a restart,
and a logoff and shutdown. If you set the timeout to 0,
the message is not displayed and the default action is performed. Otherwise,
the default action is performed after the timeout expires. For more information
on the default action, see DefaultAction. The default
value is 0.
- LogoffString
- Defines the first option displayed in the message to request whether
a logoff should be performed. If you select this option, a logoff is performed
immediately. The default value is "Logoff".
- LogoffShutdownString
- Defines the second option displayed in the message to request whether
a logoff and a shutdown should be performed. If you select this option, a
logoff is performed immediately and a shutdown is performed when the distribution
completes. The default value is "Logoff and shutdown when complete".
- RestartString
- Defines the third option displayed in the shutdown message to request
whether a restart should be performed. If you select this option, a restart
is performed immediately. The default value is "Restart".
- DefaultAction
- Specifies the default action to be performed when the timeout expires
or is set to 0. Supported values are as follows:
- 1
- Performs a logoff immediately.
- 2
- Performs a logoff immediately and a shutdown when the distribution completes.
This is the default value.
- 3
- Performs a restart immediately.
- LeftLogonPopupEnabled
- Specifies whether a message must be displayed on the endpoint listing
the number of logins allowed on the workstation. You can define this key when
limited logins are allowed during the distribution. If an error occurs and
the distribution cannot be paused, the message is not displayed. Supported
values are 0, which means the message is not displayed,
and 1, which means the message is displayed. The default
value is 1.
- LeftLogonPopupMsg
- Defines the message contained in the dialog box displayed on the endpoint
if you set the LeftLogonPopupEnabled key to 1. When customizing the message, you can use the \n symbol
for inserting a carriage return and the $(LEFT_LOGON) variable which is replaced
at run time with the number of allowed logins. The default value is: "The
current distribution has been paused\nYou can logon $(LEFT_LOGON) times."
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