Specifications

Telnet Setup

G. WinTD

Setup

Start WinTD. It will ALWAYS start as a minimized window, but it can be configured

for “hidden” operation. To restore the hidden WinTD window, start it again (the new

instance will "unhide" the already running copy).

First, we need to set up the server interface so the client can connect. From the pull-

down menu, select Options | Configuration and open the WinTD Configuration dia-

log (Fig. 4). For this exercise, let's change the port to 1634. If you would like, you may

also change the display message by typing a new message in the “Message” text box.

This message is what the user will see after a successful logon. You will most likely

NOT need to modify any other settings at this point. Select OK to save the settings

and exit the dialog.

Now that the server is set up, we need

to establish a user account for the client

log-on. From the pull-down menu, select Options | Users (CTRL-U) to open the

“WinTD Users” dialog. When a connection is requested from the server, WinTD will

prompt the client for a user name. When the user types in his/her name, the server

scans this list for the user's settings and prompts for a password. If the log-in name

does not exist, WinTD will not prompt for a password. In this sense, WinTD will

deny access to everyone

unless they exist in the User List. When creating a user, fill

in ALL of the requested information (see Fig. 5) and check the “Enabled” option so

that WinTD will permit this user access. Before clicking on the “Add User” button,

we must configure the executable path in DOS syntax. In the “Home Dir:” field, type

in the root directory of the MediaMatrix installation. This is where the Pavcon exe-

cutable is located. It should look something like, “d:\progra~1\peavey\mediam~1.2a\."

This must be in DOS syntax, that means the lowercase characters, the tilde symbol and numeric variables for extended Windows

file names. If you are not familiar with DOS vs. Windows file name syntax, please refer this section to someone who is. If the path

is not correct, you will be unable to implement command line controls.

To enable specific command privileges for a user, highlight the user name (in the User

List) and click the “Command Privileges” button. This will open the “Command

Privileges” dialog (see Fig. 6). From here, select the desired functions from the

"System Commands" list and place them into the "User Commands" list by using the

mouse (drag and drop) or the INSERT and DELETE keys. For our example, we only

need to enable the “root” checkbox which will enable full access to all Telnet com-

mands. This command includes the execution of a Windows

program (.exe). Since

this is such a powerful and potentially dangerous feature, we should limit the com-

mand set for this user. This process however, is beyond the scope of this document.

After you have enabled the “root” checkbox in the “Command Privileges” dialog box,

click on the “OK” button to exit. This will return you to the “WinTD Users” dialog

(Fig. 5). Click on “Add User” to add this user to the access list. NOTE: IF YOU DO

NOT "ADD" THE USER, THE SETTINGS WILL BE LOST. Click “Done” to continue.

Figure 4, WinTD Configuration Dialog

Figure 6, WinTD Command Privileges Dialog

Figure 5, WinTD Users Dialog