Administrator Guide

● Non-privileged users cannot view the Connect Manager.
The Connection Manager dialog box is displayed.
2. In the Connection Manager dialog box, use the following buttons to configure the Connection Manager settings:
a. Click Connect to select a connection from the list and make a connection.
b. Click New to open the Connection Settings dialog box either directly or through the Connection Protocol menu
selection for creating a new connection definition.
The locally defined connections are added to the connection list. Be aware of the following information:
● High-privileged user—Typically, all locally defined connection definitions are temporary and are lost when the
user logs off and when the thin client restarts or is shut down. However, if configured by an administrator
(enablelocal=yes), locally defined connection definitions can be saved in these cases.
● Stand-alone user—Locally defined connections are retained when the thin client restarts or is shut down and there
is no individual logon. Network configuration settings must be made locally.
c. Click Properties to open the Connection Settings dialog box for the selected connection.
Be aware of the following information:
● High-privileged user—Can view and edit the definitions for the currently selected connection. Edits are not
permanently retained when the user signs-off.
● Low-privileged user—Cannot create or edit connections, but can view connection definitions.
● Stand-alone user—Can permanently modify the persistent connections except when PNAgent/PNLite services are
used.
d. Click Sign-off to sign off from the thin client.
e. Select a connection from the list, and click delete to delete the selected connection.
f. Select a Virtual connection from the list, and click Reset VM to reset a selected virtual connection.
g. Click Global Connection Settings tab to open and use the Global Connection Settings dialog box to configure
settings that affect all the connections in the list.
Login dialog box features
While the Login dialog box allows you to log on to the server, it also allows you to:
● Obtain system information.
● Access Admin Mode to configure thin client settings.
● Change or reset your own password, and unlock your account.
● Open the Shutdown dialog box by using CTRL+ALT+DELETE.
In the Login dialog box, use the following guidelines:
● System Information—Click the Sys Info button to open the System Information dialog box. You can view the thin client
system information such as System Version, IP Address, information on devices connected to your thin client, event logs and
so on. For more information, see Accessing system information.
● Admin Mode—Click the Admin Mode button to configure various settings locally on the thin client other than broker
desktop configurations. For example, you can choose to manually configure the Citrix XenBroker Server URL or override
the URL that is centrally defined by file servers by using the Remote Connections dialog box as described in Remote
Connections.
○ Classic desktop—Use the Leave Administrator Mode option in the Shutdown dialog box.
○ Zero desktop—Use the Leave Administrator Mode option in the Shutdown dialog box, or use the Leave
Administrator Mode icon (X) in the upper-right pane of the System Settings menu.
NOTE:
By default the Admin Mode button is not displayed on the log on dialog box. You can display it by selecting the
Show local admin button check box in the Shutdown dialog box, see Signing off and shutting down.
NOTE: By default there is no password needed for the Admin Mode button use. You can password protect the Admin
Mode button (to require login credentials) by using the AdminMode parameter in a wnos.ini file, see Dell Wyse
ThinOS INI Guide.
● Shutdown—Click the Shutdown button to open and use the Shutdown dialog box to sign off, shut down, restart, reset
the system setting to factory defaults, and so on. For information, see Signing off and shutting down.
● Account Self-Service—Click the Account Self-Service icon shown when configured using the
AccountSelfServiceoption of the PasswordServer INI parameter to open and use the Account Self-Service dialog
box to change or reset your own password and unlock your account. For information on INI parameter, see Dell Wyse ThinOS
INI Guide.
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