HP Remote Graphics Software 5.4.0 User Guide

7 Using 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.
7.1 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 computer is
operating within. If the user is logged onto their domain account, this means they have logging
onto an account specified by Microsoft’s 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 Microsoft’s 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
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