Maintaining configuration files

Configuration files define the operating environment for IBM® Connect:Direct®. The following configuration files are created during the customization procedure:

• Initialization parameters file
• Client configuration parameters file
• Network map file
• Two access files: userfile.cfg and sysacl.cfg

After the initial customization, you can modify these files, if necessary.

A configuration file is a text file composed of records. A record is a single logical line. A logical line is one or more physical lines that can be continued with the backslash (\) character. In the sample format below, physical lines 4 and 5 illustrate a logical line. Line 4 ends with a backslash (\) character, to indicate that the line is continued on the next physical line. Line 1 of the sample begins with a pound (#) sign. The pound sign indicates this line contains a comment.

A record consists of a record name and one or more parameter pairs. A parameter pair is a parameter name and parameter value. Line 2 contains the record name, ndm.path. Line 2 also contains the parameter pair, path and /ndm/users/c, where the parameter name is path and the parameter value is /ndm/users/c. The parameter pair is bound by colons (:) and separated by an equal sign (=) in the following format. The following example displays a complete record, where ndm.path is the record name, path is the parameter name, and /ndm/users/c is the parameter value:

ndm.path:path=/ndm/users/c:

Record names and parameter names are not case sensitive. Parameter values are case sensitive.

Lines 7 through 23 illustrate a longer logical record. Line 7 contains the record name local.node followed by an optional colon (:) and a backslash (\) character. All lines between 7 and 23 end with a backslash (\) character. Line 23 does not contain a backslash (\) character, to indicate the end of the record.