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Chapter 10. SQL Remote Administration

The parameters for each message link go in a key under the SQL Remote key, with the name of the message link (4, smtp, and so on).

♦NetWare You should create a file named dbremote.ini in the sys:\system directory to hold the FILE system directory setting. This file is not a Windows-format INI file: it must consist of a single line, holding only the directory name.

For example, if the directory is user:\dbr43, then the dbremote.ini file would contain the following:

user:ndbr43

♦UNIX The FILE system directory setting is held in the SQLREMOTE environment variable.

The sqlremote environment variable holds a path that can be used as an alternative to one of the control parameters for the file sharing system.

The parameters available for each message system are discussed in the following sections. Each section describes a single message system.

When the Message Agent loads a message link, the link uses the settings of the current publisher or, if a setting is not specified, of groups to which the publisher belongs. On Windows, the first time a version of the Message Agent is run that supports storing the message link parameters in the database, it copies the link options from the registry to the database.

The file message system

	SQL Remote can be used even if you do not have a message system in place,
	by using the file message system.
Addresses in the file	The file message system is a simple file-sharing system. A file address for a
message system	remote user is a subdirectory into which all their messages are written. To
	retrieve messages from their “inbox”, an application reads the messages
	from the directory containing the user’s files. Return messages are sent to
	the address (written to the directory) of the consolidated database.
	When running as an NT service make sure that the account under which the
	Message Agent is running has permissions to read and write all necessary
	directories. This is often a problem when accessing network drives.
Root directory for	The file system addresses are typically subdirectories of a shared directory
addresses	that is available to all SQL Remote users, whether by modem or on a local
	area network. Each user should have a registry entry, initialization file entry,
	or SQLREMOTE environment variable pointing to the shared directory.

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