PC-Duo Master v12.7 and later support pre-defined entries that automatically appear in the drop-down list of PC-Duo Gateways. The entries are defined by an administrator using PC-Duo Deployment Tool v12.7 or later and pushed to the Master machine either when PC-Duo Master is installed, or at any later time using the Deployment Tool’s “Update Master Settings” function. This helps make PC-Duo Master “ready to run” immediately upon installation, for those users who connect to Hosts via PC-Duo Gateway. PC-Duo Master follows these rules when a set of Gateway configurations are pushed via Deployment Tool, whether at install time or via the “Update Master Settings” function:
1. New settings take effect only after Master is exited and restarted.
2. Gateways pushed via Deployment Tool are marked “read only” and cannot be modified by the end-user.
3. Gateways pushed via Deployment Tool apply to all users of the machine, but do not affect any user-defined Gateways.
4. Any previously pushed Gateway that does not appear in the new list will be deleted. Gateways are matched by protocol, address and station specifier.
5. Pushing an empty list will delete all previously pushed Gateways, provided the “Remove all gateways from settings?” checkbox is checked. Otherwise, pushing an empty list will have no effect.
6. Gateways are pushed without username or password settings, so the first time a pre-defined Gateway is used, if the logged in user does not have sufficient rights to connect to that Gateway, he or she will be prompted by PC-Duo Master to enter a set of credentials that allow him or her to connect.
