HP Remote Graphics Software 6.0 User Guide

Using RGS in Directory Mode
Directory Mode enables the local user to automatically open connections to multiple remote
computers based on the computers assigned to each user. When the user starts the Receiver in
Directory Mode, the Receiver looks for a directory file containing user names and their assigned
remote computers. The Receiver reads this file to identify the remote computers assigned to the
current user, and then attempts to automatically connect to each specified remote computer. The
directory file may contain multiple users with a list of remote computers assigned to each user. The
default directory file used by the Receiver is:
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Remote Graphics Receiver\directory.txt
After the directory file name is determined, the Receiver automatically connects to the remote
computers specified in this file for the named user.
Directory file format
Often, the directory file is a common file for a group, department, organization, or an entire company.
The directory file can manage and administer the remote computer assignments for any number of
users. HP recommends that you save the directory file on a readily-accessible network file share or
mapped drive so that each RGS Receiver can read the file at start-up.
The directory file is a text file with the following format for each local user:
domainName localuser remotecomputer1 remotecomputer2 ... remotecomputerN
where:
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The domainName on a Windows computer depends upon the environment the currently logged-
in user is operating within. If the user is logged onto their domain account, this means they have
logging onto an account specified by Microsoft Active Directory directory services. If the domain
account is worldwide\sally, the name of the Windows domain is “worldwide” and will be
used as the domainName for directory mode.
If the user is logged onto the computer with a “local” account, sally_computer\sally for
instance, the domainName used for directory mode is “sally_computer.” This typically will
be a computer that is either standalone or part of a WORKGROUP not using Active Directory
directory services. The computer name such as sally_computer can be found by executing
the command hostname in a “command window.”
For Linux users, use “UNIX” as the domainName.
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localuser is the name of the local user
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remotecomputer1, remotecomputer2,...remotecomputerN are the remote computers assigned to
the local user, as specified by either a hostname or an IP address.
For example, the following directory file specifies the remote computers for users Sally and Joe in a
Microsoft Active Directory directory services environment:
worldwide sally RC_1 RC_2 RC_3
worldwide joe RC_4 RC_5 RC_6
In the next example, the directory file specifies the remote computers for users Sally and Joe in a
standalone or WORKGROUP environment.
sally_computer sally RC_1 RC_2 RC_3
joe_computer joe RC_4 RC_5 RC_6
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