Technical Notes

Unable to Create a Companion Installer Containing Permission Files in Reflection 2008 Using the Attachmate Customization Tool (ACT)
Technical Note 2396
Last Reviewed 14-Apr-2010
Applies To
Reflection for IBM 2008 R1
Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS 2008 R1
Reflection Standard Suite 2008 R1
Summary

This technical note describes a problem in Reflection 2008 R1 when creating a companion install package that includes permission files (*.access), and also describes a workaround to resolve this issue.

Note: This issue had been resolved in later releases. Maintained customers are eligible to download the latest product releases from the Attachmate Download Library web site, https://download.attachmate.com/Upgrades/.

Symptom

There are two symptoms of the permission file issue: two of the five settings are not displayed, and hence, not available, and those that are available don't work properly when deployed.

Symptom 1: When attempting to define a permission file (*.access) to deploy in the Attachmate Customization Tool (ACT) in Reflection 2008, two settings are not listed in the Modify user settings dialog:

Symptom 2: When you define the available permission files (application.access, rd3x.access, or rd5x.access) to include in a companion install package, the files are ultimately deployed to the wrong location and, therefore, not used by the new Reflection 2008 installation.

Workaround

Before defining the Reflection 2008 permission files that will be included in a companion install package, administrators must modify the Setup.ini file. Modifying the Setup.ini file enables administrators to see all of the available Reflection 2008 permission files in the Attachmate Customization Tool > Modify user settings dialog, and to correct the install location so that new Reflection 2008 installations will see and use the customized permission files.

Modifying the Setup.ini File

Follow these steps to modify the Setup.ini file.

Note: The steps in this note assume you have set up an Administrative Installation. For more information about creating an administrative installation, see the "Perform an Administrative Installation" topic in the product guide for Reflection 2008: http://docs.attachmate.com/Reflection/2008/R1/Guide/en/user-html/admin_install_image_pr.htm.

1. Open the setup.ini file in a text editor. By default, this file is located in the folder where you installed your administrative installation (by default, the /Reflection2008 folder).
2. Edit the setup.ini file making the following additions shown below in red:

3. Save the file.

Creating the Companion Install Package

After the Setup.ini file is modified and saved, you can create a companion install package that includes Reflection 2008 permission files.

For more details about creating a companion package, see Technical Note 2369.

For information about using Permissions Manager (which can be launched from the Attachmate Customization Tool) to restrict access to Reflection features, see the product guide for Reflection 2008: http://docs.attachmate.com/Reflection/2008/R1/Guide/en/user-html/manage_access_cs.htm.

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