A P P E N D I X  C

Client Profile Settings

This appendix describes the settings you can configure in a client profile.


Description of Client Profile Settings

Each time the SGD Client starts it uses a profile. A profile is a group of configuration settings that control the SGD Client.

The following table lists the settings available in a client profile, with a description of what they do.

If you are unsure about a setting, ask your SGD Administrator for help.


Setting Description
Login URL The SGD URL to use for the profile. This is usually http://server.example.com/sgd, where server.example.com is the name of an SGD server.

In Webtop mode, the URL is loaded automatically in your default web browser so that you can log in and access your webtop.

In Integrated mode, the URL is only loaded in your default web browser if you need to log in to SGD, or if the SGD Client needs to obtain proxy server settings.

The default Login URL is http://server.example.com:80/sgd/index.jsp.

Connect on System Login If enabled, the SGD Client is started automatically with this profile whenever you log in to your client device.

If enabled, the SGD Client creates an application shortcut or symbolic link for itself in the startup folder of your desktop system.

This is disabled by default.

Add Applications to Start Menu Controls how you use SGD.

If enabled, the applications you can run are displayed in the desktop Start or Launch Menu on the client device (Integrated mode).

If disabled, the applications you can run are displayed on a webtop in a web browser (Webtop mode).

With Integrated mode, you cannot suspend and resume individual applications or pause and resume individual print jobs.

This is disabled by default.

Automatic Client Login If enabled, as soon as the SGD Client starts, it attempts to log you in automatically to SGD. Your Administrator can tell you whether automatic logins are being used.

You can only enable this option if the Add Applications to Start Menu setting is enabled.

This is disabled by default.

Alternative PDF Viewer The application command for an alternative PDF viewer to use with PDF printing.

If the application is not on your PATH, type the full path to the application.

This setting only applies to UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X platform client devices.

Logging Controls the amount of information that is output to the SGD Client log file.

The output is logged to a text file in the same directory as the SGD Client.

The default is Errors only.

Preferred Language The default language to use when the SGD Client is started from the command line. For example, when the SGD Client is in Integrated mode.

The language selected is used for messages displayed by the SGD Client, the login dialog, and the webtop.

The default is en.

Check for Local X Server If enabled, the SGD Client checks whether there is an X server running on the client device.

Enabling this option can improve performance when launching X applications that are configured to display using an X server on the client device.

This setting only applies to Windows client devices.

This setting is disabled by default.

Proxy Settings Settings that control how the SGD Client determines what proxy servers to use.

Use Default Web Browser Settings means use the proxy server settings configured in your default web browser.

Manual Proxy Settings enable you to define the proxy server settings in the profile. You can specify an HTTP proxy server.

In Integrated mode, if the proxy settings are determined from a web browser, the SGD Client has to start your web browser at least once in order to detect what the proxy settings are.

If the proxy settings are determined from a web browser, the settings are stored and used the next time the SGD Client starts.

If Establish Proxy Settings on Session Start is enabled, every time the SGD Client starts, the default web browser is started so that the proxy settings can be determined. The stored proxy settings are not used.

The default is: Use Default Web Browser Settings, with Establish Proxy Settings on Session Start disabled.

Connection Failure Settings that control what the SGD Client does if the connection to an SGD server is lost: Whether to always reconnect, to never reconnect or to ask you what to do.

If the SGD Client reconnects, these settings control how many attempts are made to reconnect and the time in seconds between each attempt.

If the SGD Client is unable to reconnect, the webtop session ends and any running applications are ended or suspended, depending on how they have been configured for you.

The default settings are: Always Attempt to Reconnect, Number of Attempts: 6, and Interval: 10.


Configuring Integrated Mode Operation

The following settings on the Client Settings tab are used for configuring Integrated mode operation of SGD:

See Using SGD From Your Desktop Start or Launch Menu for more information.