Managing SNAplus2 Clients

Managing Win16 Clients

To disable the NAP, click on the Windows NAP icon and choose Close. If any SNAplus2 applications are running, the Close option is not selectable; if you are sure you want to disable the NAP, stop the relevant applications before retrying.

Win16 Client Security

SNAplus2 provides a facility for validating the user name and password of any Win16 client attempting to contact a server running SNAplus2. This enables you to ensure that only authorized Windows users are able to access the SNAplus2 system.

By default, Win16 client security is not active, so that any computer with the Win16 client software installed can access SNAplus2 servers. To enable Win16 client security, use the following procedure:

Step 1. Agree on a user name and password with each Win16 client user who is authorized to access the SNAplus2 system.

Step 2. On the Win16 client computer, define this user name. For Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11, this name is defined using the snauser parameter in the [Configuration] section of the sna.ini file, described in “Win16 Client Initialization File (sna.ini)”.

Step 3. On all servers that this client can access, define this user name and password to the HP-UX system as a system user name. (The servers the client can access are specified in the sna.ini file or the Windows Program Registry.)

Step 4. After enabling the SNAplus2 software on a server, use the following command:

snapwinsec domain

This command enables Win16 client security on all servers in the SNAplus2 domain. You do not need to repeat the command when enabling the SNAplus2 software on other servers.

When a Win16 client starts up and tries to access a server on which Win16 client security is enabled, the client software displays a pop-up message requesting a password. This password and the user name from the sna.ini file are checked against the user names defined to the HP-UX system on the server. If the Win16 client user does not specify a

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