Installation guide

Administrative Tasks
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Information about setting up FlashCONNECT components is located in:
• Maintaining Applications, Groups, and Users
• Administering Server Pools
• Accessing Administration Reports
• Administering the FlashCONNECT Socket Server Manager
• Understanding FlashCONNECT Java Components
• Configuring, Starting and Stopping FlashCONNECT Components
• Customizing the FlashCONNECT Server and Web Server
• Administering Log and JOBS Files
• Using Character Translation
w3Users, w3Apps, and w3Groups Files
For greater control, the FlashCONNECT Administrator can choose to use the
w3Users, w3Groups, and w3Apps files to control access to FlashCONNECT dynamic
applications. Using these files, the FlashCONNECT Administrator can choose which
users or user groups have access to specific applications. (Use either TCL or the
FlashCONNECT Admin Maintenance Menu Web pages.)
Authentication Process
The FlashCONNECT authentication process uses three files:
• w3Users
• w3Groups
• w3Apps
The authentication process differs for static and dynamic applications:
• Static. FlashCONNECT authentication is not necessary since static Web pages do
not interact with the database. FlashCONNECT static applications do not appear
in the w3Apps file. Only the standard Web server based authentication, as
explained above, is available.
NOTE—Review user-IDs, applications, and group definitions to minimize
unauthorized access to the system.