Setting Up the Connect:Direct for UNIX Client

After you install and customize Connect:Direct® for UNIX Server, define the parameters needed by the Client for startup. To configure the client, configure the client configuration file and the client authentication key file to define all of the servers that this node connects to.

The Client configuration file is created during the customization process. A message is displayed after the Client configuration file is created.

To set up the client:

  1. Type the port of the Server that the Client connects to and press Enter when ready.

    This value is associated with tcp.port in the Client configuration file.

  2. Press Enter to accept the host name. This value is displayed in the tcp.hostname parameter in the Client configuration file.

    A message is displayed when the client authenticatio key file is created.

  3. Press Enter .