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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.
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:
 The domainName on a Windows computer depends upon the environment the currently
logged in user is operating within. If the user is logged onto their domain account, this means
they have logging onto an account specified by Microsoft 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 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.
 localuser is the name of the local user
 remotecomputer1, remotecomputer2,...remotecomputerN are the remote computers
assigned to the local user, as specified by either a hostname or an IP address.
Starting in Directory Mode
To start the Receiver in Directory Mode in Windows, go to Start > HP > HP Remote Graphics Software
> HP RGS Directory Mode (see figure 8).