Configuration defaults and overrides

IBM Session Manager provides considerable flexibility in the definition of the parameters which affect end-user facilities. This is due to IBM Session Manager catering for a wide variation in requirements as regards defaults and overrides.

Most parameters and options that affect each IBM Session Manager user may be defined in a number of statements. These are the PROFILE (see PROFILE statement), USER (see USER statement), TERMINAL (see TERMINAL statement), and APPL (see APPL statement) statements, although the APPL statement is only used to specify options affecting a session with an application.

Parameters that are common to each of the above statements, and which define both enduser options and session options are described separately in Common parameters and then referenced from each individual statement description.

Since there are so many places where an option may be specified, it can be very difficult to determine which option will be in force at a particular time if that option has been specified on each statement. This topic describes the way in which IBM Session Manager processes the various statements. This should be considered when creating the configuration file, in order to arrive at sensible conventions for parameter specification so that confusion may be avoided.

The processing for profile (or enduser) options is different to that for session definitions and these are therefore described separately.

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Profile options and limits

Profile options and limits

Rules for profile selection

Rules for profile selection

Session definitions

Session definitions

General points

General points

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