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Login Information Procedures

The procedures in this section pertain to different login-related tasks, including:

  • Specifying alternate login information
  • Modifying login information
  • Copying login information
  • Deleting login information
  • Changing the current login information
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    To return to Login Information documentation, click the [Return to Login Information] link provided in each procedure.

    Specifying alternate login information

    You can specify alternate login information for any user name from within the User Tool. When you do this, you add the user name to the User Name drop down list box on the Login dialog boxes for both the User and Notification Tools. This makes it easier to log into the User and Notification Tools.

    Use the following instructions to specify alternate login information after logging into the User Tool.

    1. Select Login from the File menu.

      2. The Login dialog box appears. Click here for an example.

    2. Select the Login Information button.

      3. The Login Information dialog box appears. Click here for an example.

    3. To use the default configuration directory and server list, select ***Default Login*** in the User Names list. ]

      4. *** Default Login *** appears in the Login Name field and the default configuration directory and server list appear in the AR Home Directory and Servers fields.

    4. To copy someone else's configuration directory and server list, select that person's user name in the User Names list.

      5. That user's login name, configuration directory, and server list appear in the Login Name, AR Home Directory, and Servers fields.

    5. To change the configuration directory, in the AR Home Directory field enter a new directory path.

    6. To make changes in the server list, select the Servers button.

      7. The Servers dialog box appears. Click here for an example.

    7. To add a server to the server list, enter a server name in the Name field and select the User and Notification check boxes as appropriate and select the Add button.

    8. To modify a server in the server list, select the server name in the Servers list and make any changes in the Name field, or in the User and Notification check boxes and select the Modify button.

    9. To delete a server from the server list, select the server name in the Server list and select the Delete button.

    10. To comment out a server from the server list without deleting it, place a number sign (#) in front of the server name and select the Modify button.

    11. Select the OK button to close the Servers dialog box and return to the Login Information dialog box.

    12. Edit the Login Name field, as appropriate.

    13. To add this login information, select the Add button.

    14. For each additional user, repeat from Step 3.

    15. To remove the Login Information dialog box, select the Close button.

    Note: After specifying alternate login information, the changes go into effect the next time this user name logs into the User or Notification Tool.

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    Modifying login information

    You can modify any user's login information (including the default login information) from within the User Tool. Use the following instructions to modify any user's configuration directory or server list at any time after you have successfully logged into the User Tool.

    1. Select Login from the File menu.

      2. The Login dialog box appears. Click here for an example.

    2. Select the Login Information button.

      3. The Login Information dialog box appears. Click here for an example.

    3. Select the user name from the User Names list.

      4. The AR Home Directory field and Servers list contain your configuration directory and server list.

    4. To change the configuration directory, in the AR Home Directory field, enter a new directory path.

    5. To make changes in the server list, select the Servers button.

      6. The Servers dialog box appears. Click here for an example.

    6. To add a server to the server list, enter a server name in the Name field and select the User and Notification check boxes as appropriate and select the Add button.

    7. To modify a server in the server list, select the server name in the Servers list and make any changes in the Name field, or in the User and Notification check boxes and select the Modify button.

    8. To delete a server from the server list, select the server name in the Server list and select the Delete button.

    9. To comment out a server from the server list without deleting it, place a number sign (#) in front of the server name and select the Modify button.

    10. Select the OK button to close the Servers dialog box and return to the Login Information dialog box.

    11. To go back to the last saved server list for the given AR Home directory, select the Refresh button.

      12. All changes that you have made to the server list are lost.

    12. To save the modified login information, select the Modify button.

    Note: After modifying login information, the changes go into effect the next time this user name logs into the User or Notification Tool.

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    Copying login information

    You can copy either the default login information or an existing user's login information to another user only if this second user's Login Name isn't already in the User Names list. If the Login Name is already in the User Names list, you must first delete this user's login information. For more information, see Deleting Login Information.

    Use the following instructions to copy login information at any time after you have successfully logged into the User Tool.

    1. Select Login from the File menu.

      2. The Login dialog box appears. Click here for an example.

    2. Select the Login Information button.

      3. The Login Information dialog box appears. Click here for an example.

    3. To use the default configuration directory and server list, select ***Default Login*** in the User Names list.

      4. *** Default Login *** appears in the Login Name field and the default configuration directory and server list appear in the AR Home Directory and Servers fields.

    4. To copy someone else's configuration directory and server list, select that person's user name in the User Names list.

      5. That user's login name, configuration directory, and server list appear in the Login Name, AR Home Directory, and Servers fields.

    5. Edit the Login Name field as appropriate.

    6. To add this login information, select the Add or Modify button.

    Note: After modifying login information, the changes go into effect the next time this user name logs into the User or Notification Tool.

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    Deleting login information

    You can delete login information from within the User Tool. If you do this, the user name no longer appears in the User Name drop down list box on the Login dialog boxes for both the User and Notification Tools and that user name will use the default configuration directory and server list.

    Use the following instructions to delete login information at any time after you have successfully logged into the User Tool.

    1. Select Login from the File menu.

      2. The Login dialog box appears. Click here for an example.

    2. Select the Login Information button.

      3. The Login Information dialog box appears. Click here for an example.

    3. Select the user name in the User Names list box.

    4. Select the Delete button.

    Note: When you delete a user name from the User Names list, all directories and files associated with this user name remain on your system.

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    Changing the current login information

    If the User Tool was previously started by another user, you can change information to log in as yourself. You can log in at any machine on the network that has access to the AR System server.

    Note: Preference settings, customized views, macros, custom reports, and customized default settings are saved in each user's configuration directory on each PC and are therefore specific to the PC on which they were set. This means that if you log onto a machine other than the one you normally use, and the directory containing your login information is not mounted as a network drive, or your login information has not been added to this User Tool, the preference settings, customized views, macros, custom reports, and customized default settings (login information) may be different from those you normally see.

    1. Select Login from the File menu.

      The Login dialog box appears. Click here for an example.

    1. Type your user name in the User Name field or click on the drop down list box symbol and select your user name from the drop down list box.

    2. Type your password in the Password field.

      3. Select the OK button to complete the login.

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