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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:	OLD ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:	Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:	IOSG::PYE

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4343
Total number of notes:	18308

122.0. "Disable Lotus ALL-IN-1 Authorization" by MISFIT::KINNEYD (Aruba Bound Soon!!) Thu Feb 27 1992 18:38

    I have a Lotus 1-2-3 for ALL-IN-1 question. If anyone out there who is
    familier with this integration can help I would appreciate it. Lotus so
    far has not been the most cooperative organization.
    
    The bottom line is my customer wants all ALL-IN-1 users to have access
    to Lotus through ALL-IN-1. Lotus provides an M123 option in SM that
    authorizes users. I am not able at this early stage to view this
    process. Sorry.
    
    What I was wondering is if this authorization process can be disabled
    to eliminate the step in creating a new user?
    
    I know this is a shot in the dark, all help and pointers appreciated.
    
    Dave Kinney

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
122.1	Adding all users to the Lotus 1-2-3 authorization	SIOG::T_REDMOND	Thoughts of an Idle Mind	`Fri Feb 28 1992 09:03`	35
	To add all of your users to the Lotus 1-2-3 authorization data set you need to write a little script. ! Open Lotus 1-2-3 form libraries OA$FLO_OPEN OA$LIB:L123_A1 OA$FLO_OPEN OA$LIB:L123_A1_MANAGER ! Loop down through the profile, writing records into the Lotus ! authorization file as we go FOR PROFIL WITH .MAIDES = "ALL-IN-1" DO - GET #L123_USER = .USER\\- WRITE ADD L123A1_ENV_ENT USERNAME = #L123_USER, - AUTHORIZED = OA$Y, - UI_STYLE = "ALL-IN-1", - GRAPH = "XWIN", - ERROR_LEVEL = "NONE", - SORT_SEQUENCE = "A", - LANGUAGE = "USN", - FLOAT_DRIVER = "D", - SYSTEM_FOLDER = "LOTUS 1-2-3", - PERSPECTIVE = 3, - etc. etc. etc. It's as easy as that. No data files or anything else are copied to a user directory. The entry in the L123_A1_ENV_ENT data set serves to identify the user and define their environment. You could also modify MUA_CREATE.COM so that this would be done automatically whenever a new user was set up. Tony
122.2	Is this something to do with Lotus licensing policy?	IOSG::TALLETT	Mit Schuh bish hi	`Fri Feb 28 1992 09:17`	1

122.3		SIOG::T_REDMOND	Thoughts of an Idle Mind	`Fri Feb 28 1992 09:28`	5
	No, Lotus don't use the data set as a means of licence control. It's like a type of 1-2-3 profile which defines how a user wishes to access the product. Tony
122.4		LARVAE::JORDAN	Chris Jordan, Digital Services - Office Consultant, London	`Fri Feb 28 1992 11:23`	13
	I know of one customer that DOES use this database as a licensing point.... They have "arranged" a corporate deal where we supply Lotus within ALL-IN-1 to 5,000 users. They have / will have about 25,000 users spread over 100 or more systems. The "license" allows them to have up to 5,000 users spread over any systems. We "audit" them once a quarter to identify how many people are in the data bases of all the systems - and that way we and they know when they have reached their limits. Normally, however, it is NOT a licensing point.
122.5	Progress!	A1VAX::BARTH	Bridge-o-matic does it again!	`Fri Feb 28 1992 14:02`	10
	It is nice to know that we are flexible in helping customers use their resources efficiently. In the past, "business practices" issues like Chris' .4 example would have been dismissed out of hand. In 1986, the SPS people would have said, "Oh no, you can't do that - we don't sell it that way." Bravo. K.
122.6		LARVAE::JORDAN	Chris Jordan, Digital Services - Office Consultant, London	`Fri Feb 28 1992 17:36`	3
	Its amazing the way salesmen jump at a million Pound order for software that we don't produce!! - therefore very large profit margin for the account team.