In early versions of SES, WinMagic brought out an on-client file that could feed information into SDForm (which could permit some scripted prefabrication of information to be brought into SES through SDForm) using a file called userinfo.ini.
This option is not generally well understood.
How this works:
userinfo.ini is used to fill up SDForm by remote installation.
userinfo.ini can be edited manually, or imported from LDAP database, and the resulting 'tailored' file 'parachuted' into each machine.
NOTE: the userinfo.ini file must be stored in UNICODE format!!!
Use Case:
Before the SES admin runs the remote package (e.g. per SMS), he/she copies this file to c:\ root of client machine, so that by installation SDForm can be filled up with needed information, primarily so that the user does not need to be at the machine during SD installation.
NOTE: Alex Mazuruc - [email protected] - 888-879-5879 x 225 is an expert about this and can show you a demo.
Here's a demonstration example that shows how this works:
; This file contains all the user's information to be sent to the
; SDServer to create a new user and to create a user's key file.
;
;
;The user's information
;
[userID]= John Smith ; some comments
[first name]=John
[last name]=Smith
[phone]=(905)-502-70-00
[e-mail][email protected]
;The key information
;
[key name]=JohnSmith
[key description]=
;This is the initial password, user must change it on the first
;login to SecureDoc.
;
[key file password]=1234
;The computer information
;
[pc id]= Smith PC
[pc serial no]= 0987654321
[pc manufacturer]= NoName
[pc location]= Accounting