User General Settings

Under Pragma TelnetServer Manager dialog, click on Users and then click on Default (user) to configure user specific settings.

Default Screen Mode:

Select a screen mode from the following choices: Advanced Console, Full Console, Stream, Full Stream. Full Console is the default screen mode. On Pragma TelnetServer Advanced Enterprise version, Advanced Console allows history scroll back and implements optimized screen drawing.

Full Console screen mode is used to run programs that display character graphics and need the screen formatted. Stream Mode sends data without screen formatting information. It should be used if the client is required to maintain a buffer of all screen output. There is no screen formatting done by the TelnetServer with Stream Mode. Full Stream screen mode should be used if the session runs an application that handles all communication with the client through stdin, stdout and stderr.

Idle Session Time Out:

Time before the server will disconnect an idle session. The default value is 0, which specifies no time out. To use this feature, check the box and configure an idle period. The Default user’s value will be checked for timeout during login. The idle time is the time without input from the client. If the server is processing, but there is no interaction by the client the server will disconnect.

User Session Limit

The maximum number of sessions this user can have open. If this option is value is higher than the maximum session value in General Settings, then the General Settings limit will override this value.

Home Directory:

Specify a home directory for the session. This value overrides the home directory specified in the Windows User Management.

Default Terminal Type

Specify a default term type for the client. If a terminal type is negotiated by the client, this value is ignored.

Child Processes

Monitor Child Processes:

The Monitor Child Processes option specifies Pragma TelnetServer to monitor processes started in a telnet session. If the processes are still running when the telnet session is closed, TelnetServer kills the processes. This option is very important to Telnet Server. It is helpful in most situations and therefore is ON by default. NT Virtual Dos Machine (NTVDM) processes are the most common example of this. NTVDM processes are started by 16Bit DOS programs that run in a Windows system. These processes can be left lingering around and begin to use up vital processor time and memory.

NOTE: Even with this option on, some NTVDMs may remain, particularly, if one 16-bit application launches another 16-bit application.

A reason to turn Monitor Child Processes off would be if an application has difficulty running in a telnet session. Also, if a user wanted to telnet into a server, start a process, exit the session, but still have the process running on the server, then Monitor Child Processes would need to be turned off.

If the Monitor Child Processes option is turned off, or if Monitor Child Processes is not properly exiting applications, see Graceful Termination for more information about configuring applications to shutdown properly in a telnet session.

Record Terminated Processes:

Check this box to record all terminated processes.

Allow System Beep to Pass Through:

Check this option to let system beep to pass through to the client. This option will only apply if one of the beep processes monitored by TelnetServer are in use. See Beep for more information.

Reconnect Sessions:

Select this option from the drop down menu to reconnect the telnet session with the same username and IP address. Reconnection to a stream mode session will prompt the user that the connection has been made, but the screen cannot be redrawn.

Yes: Always reconnect

No: Never reconnect

Ask: Prompt user to reconnect