OpenText Exceed User's Guide

OpenText? Exceed? User's Guide

User¡¯s Guide

Version 15

OpenText? Exceed? User's Guide

Rev.: 2/27/15

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Exceed onDemand includes the following third-party software:?

Portions of the code have been contributed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

OpenGL is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics Inc.?

This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. () Copyright? 19982005 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved.

This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@) Copyright ? 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@)

Portions of the code are based on the work of the VirtualGL Project.?

Portions of the code are based on the work of the FLTK Project.

Exceed includes the following third-party software:?

Portions of the code have been contributed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.?

This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation () Copyright ? 1999-2000 The Apache?

Software Foundation. All rights reserved.

Exceed 3D and Exceed XDK include the following third-party software:?

OpenGL is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics Inc.

Exceed XDK includes the following third-party software:?

Portions of the code have been contributed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology

OpenText Secure Shell, and HostExplorer, Exceed include the following third-party software:?

This product includes software developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Copyright 1992-2005 by the Massachusetts Institute of

Technology. All rights reserved.?

This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. () Copyright ? 19982005 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved.?

This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@) Copyright ? 1995-1998 Eric Young

(eay@). All rights reserved.

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Contents

Chapter 1: Introducing Exceed

1

Welcome to Exceed .................................................................................................... 3

Exceed and X Windows .............................................................................. 3

The Exceed Interface .................................................................................................. 4

Exceed Applications and Tools ................................................................................. 6

Exceed Tools .............................................................................................. 6

Security Tools ............................................................................................. 7

Other Exceed Products .............................................................................................. 7

Exceed 3D ................................................................................................... 7

User Files .................................................................................................................... 8

Chapter 2: Connecting to Hosts and Running X Clients

11

Connecting ............................................................................................................... 13

Starting X Clients Using a Remote Process .............................................. 13

About Window Managers ....................................................................................... 14

Starting Local Window Managers ............................................................ 15

Starting Remote X Window Managers ..................................................... 16

Displaying X Clients ................................................................................. 18

Location of Menu Commands ................................................................. 18

Multiple X Display Support ..................................................................... 19

Entering Data Using the Mouse and Keyboard ....................................... 21

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Copying and Pasting in Exceed ............................................................................... 22

Edit Menu Commands ............................................................................. 23

Copying and Pasting Data ........................................................................ 23

Copying and Pasting Graphics ................................................................. 24

Copying and Pasting Between X Selection and File ................................. 26

Copying and Pasting Between X Clients .................................................. 27

Setting Print Settings ................................................................................ 27

Accessing Hosts and Starting Applications ............................................................ 28

About Xstart ............................................................................................. 28

Startup Files .............................................................................................. 29

Startup Methods ....................................................................................... 30

Xstart Events ............................................................................................. 31

Creating Startup Files .............................................................................................. 31

Creating Shortcuts .................................................................................... 34

Running an Xstart File ............................................................................. 34

Launching Windows Applications ........................................................... 35

Typical Xstart Commands ........................................................................ 36

Responding to an Xstart Timeout ............................................................ 37

Displaying Xstart Login Information ....................................................... 38

Displaying the Xstart Host Reply Window .............................................. 39

Browsing for Hosts and Applications ....................................................... 40

Xstart Host and Application Files ............................................................ 44

Listing NIS Maps on the System .............................................................. 45

Load Optimization ................................................................................... 46

Using Xstart on VMS Systems ................................................................................ 49

TCP/IP Transports ................................................................................... 49

Startup Modes .......................................................................................................... 50

Selecting an X Client Startup Mode ......................................................... 50

Passive Startup Mode ............................................................................... 51

XDMCP Query Startup Mode .................................................................. 52

XDMCP Indirect Startup Mode ............................................................... 53

XDMCP Broadcast Startup Mode ............................................................ 55

XDMCP Timeouts .................................................................................... 57

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Chapter 3: Advanced Connection Methods

59

Advanced Xstart Features ........................................................................................ 61

Using Login Macros ................................................................................. 61

Creating a Global Login ........................................................................... 63

Defining User ID and Password Macros .................................................. 65

Remembering Host Passwords ................................................................. 65

Managing the Password List in Xstart ..................................................... 65

Password Expiry Prompts ........................................................................ 66

Changing Hosts, IDs, and Passwords Across Multiple Files .................... 67

Running Multiple Exceed Sessions .......................................................... 67

Starting Multiple X Clients or Windows Programs ................................. 68

Running Xstart from a Command Line ................................................... 69

Environment Variables ............................................................................................ 71

Setting the DISPLAY Environment Variable ........................................... 71

Command Line Syntax for Starting X Clients ......................................... 72

About Xsession ......................................................................................................... 73

Running Multiple Xstart Profiles ............................................................. 74

Entering Startup Information .................................................................. 75

Working with Xsession ............................................................................ 77

Xsession File Sequence ............................................................................. 79

Starting Multiple Exceed X Servers .......................................................... 80

Exceed Display Controller Console ......................................................... 81

Common Desktop Environment (CDE) ................................................................ 81

Using Desktop Environments for Linux .................................................. 82

Running Multiple CDE Sessions .............................................................. 83

Securing Connections .............................................................................................. 84

OpenText Secure Shell ............................................................................. 84

Kerberos ................................................................................................... 85

X11 Authentication .................................................................................. 85

Password Aging ........................................................................................ 86

Chapter 4: Xconfig

87

About Xconfig and its Mandatory Settings ............................................................ 91

Viewing or modifying configuration files created with Xconfig ........................... 92

Starting Xconfig and displaying the relevant settings ............................................ 95

Using Xconfig menus .............................................................................................. 95

Configuring your keyboard .................................................................................... 98

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