Setting-up Remote Logon

The remote logon facility allows the user of a terminal logged onto a Reality database to log on to an account on another Reality database.

To configure a remote logon connection:

1. On the local host, set up a destination (either UNIX or Windows)  entry for the remote host using the DDA protocol and, for the remote database, a Q-type (UNIX) or Remote Database (Windows) entry that references this destination entry.

   • On UNIX, use the ROUTE-FILE Maintenance Utility (netadmin option 2).

   • On Windows, use the netadmin Network Administration Utility.

   Note

   If the remote database is on the local host, these entries will already exist.

2. For each local user that will be allowed access to the remote database, create a network user-id for the remote database, specifying the name of the Q-type or Remote Database entry created in step 1 as the system name and a remote user-id and password to use:

   • On UNIX, use the USERS-FILE Maintenance Utility (netadmin option 4).

   • On Windows, add the network user-id to the user's profile (SSM Option 2 - Define User Profiles, option 17).

   Note

   • If the remote database is on a UNIX host, the remote user-id must be a host user-id that is the same as a Reality user-id on the remote database; the UNIX password must be used when connecting. If the remote database is on a Windows host, the remote user-id and password must be those on the remote database. See Differences between UNIX and Windows.

   • If connecting to a remote database on a UNIX host, if you prefer you can use User Equivalence instead of network user-ids.

3. On the local database, use CREATE-ACCOUNT to create a remote account that references the required account on the remote database. Set the remote system name to the name of the Q-type or Remote Database entry you created in step 1.

4. Each local user that will be allowed access to the remote account must have a security profile that permits remote logon (SSM Option 3 - Define Security Profiles, options 13 and 14).

Once a remote account has been defined it can be accessed using the LOGTO command or by making it the default account for a local user-id (set SSM - Define User Profiles option 7).