Setting Up View Facility Administration › How to Restrict Application Sessions › Restrict a Session

Restrict a Session

To restrict a session, you must modify the Application Characteristics Table (ACT).

To restrict a session

1. From the Administration Menu, select option 2, TPX System Options.

   The System Administration Menu is displayed.

2. Select option 2, Application Definition (ACT).

   The TPX Application Characteristics Table List is displayed, as shown:

                    TPX Application Characteristics Table List
                                                       Panelid - TEN0091
   Command ===>                                        Userid  - SYSADMIN
                                                       Termid  - DXAP59B
     Application                                       Date    - 07/14/03
     Characteristics                                   Time    - 07:40:05
     Table             Last Updated by   Userid
     SYSAPROD          07/03/03 13:19:11 SYSADMIN STARTUP
   ***************************** BOTTOM OF DATA **************************
   

3. Select the table marked STARTUP (in the previous example it is the table named SYSAPROD). To select the table, move the cursor to the table, type S, and press Enter.

   The TPX Application Characteristics Table Entry List is displayed.

4. Select the application that you want to restrict. To select the application, move the cursor to the application, type S, and press Enter.

   The first TPX Application Characteristics Detail Panel is displayed.

5. Press PF8 to display the second detail panel, shown in the following:

                        TPX Application Characteristics Detail Panel
                                                                Panelid  - TEN0094
     Command  ===>                                              Userid   - USR047
                                                                Termid   - A32L8203
        Application Characteristics Table: ACTECY               Date     - 07/14/03
        Applid:    TPXMAIL            * Substring:              Time     - 07:40:12
      * Sessionid:             * Label:     TPX MAIL SYSTEM
   TPX options:
    * Start ACL prior to CLSDST PASS:   N    * Outbound compression:     Y
    * Suspend background application:   N      Inbound compression:      N
    * Enforce CD protocol:              N    * Outbound stripping:       N
    * Inform user of CD protocol error: N      OPENGATE Control User:    
    * Auto restart:                     N    * Maximum sessions:         00000 
    * Inquire on application status:    N    * Mode entry override:      ________
      End-to-End option:                BB   * Timeout Minutes:          ______  
    * Ignore appl output for timeout:   N    * Signal session switch:    ________
    * Disallow VIEWing on this appl:    N    * Pass Ticket prof name:    TPXMAIL 
      Readbuf Technique:                N    * TPX enhanced sec:         N
      Screen even if readbuf technique: N    * Gen Pass Ticket:          N
    * Gen Qualified Pass Ticket:        N
    * Can be dynamically updated using Reload even if application is not quiesced 
    PF1=Help  PF3=End  PF4=Return   PF7=Prev Page  Pf8=Next Page    "CANCEL" cancel
   

6. Specify Y in the field named "Disallow VIEWing on this appl." This prevents any View functions from operating on this application.
7. Press PF3 to return to the TPX Application Characteristics Table Entry List.
8. Repeat steps four through seven for each application that you want to restrict.
9. From the TPX Application Characteristics Detail Panel, press PF3 four times to save the changes to the table and return to the Administration Menu.