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Setup.dat - Remote Support

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Entered Thu, 3 Apr 2003 15:59 by Peter Campbell
Updated Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:27
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See FastBase Remote Access for details about installing the remote support/access software.

Setup options for the Client

set setup(remote_servers) { {"server name" ip-address database-name} ... }
Enter a list of all remote servers that you have access to.
When the remote client is started if you have multiple servers then the user will be given a list to select from, otherwise the system will automatically select the single server.
The ip-address can be the hostname if known.
The database-name must be the name of the database being connected to.

The following 3 options would typically be found in your fastbase.dat file, not the setup.dat file.

set setup(remote_user) ""
Enter your remote user name as listed in the servers setup.dat file. See below for details.

set setup(remote_password) ""
Enter your remote password as listed in the servers setup.dat file.

set setup(remote_standalone) 0
Set this option to "1" only if your computer uses fastbase remotely all the time, ie: it does not have local access to fastbase. Setting this option tells the system to check for updated software and download all new programs every time you start FastBase.

Setup options for the Server

set setup(remote_port) 5560
This is the port the fastbase remote server will listen on. If you require multiple remote servers you will need to have them listening on different ports.
If you change the port the system will also use the subsequent port number (eg: 5561) for http access. Accessing this port via your browser will automatically show the status of who is accessing the server.
If you need to change the http port then use: set setup(http_port) port_number.

set setup(inactive_timeout) 72000000
This is the number of milli-seconds to wait before timing out a client session, the default value represents 2 hours. After 2 hours of no activity the server will close the connection with a time-out error.

set setup(remote_users) {{"Name" "password" "optional-ip-address"} ...}
This list contains a user name, password and optional IP address representing all users that can log into the system remotely. The names and passwords have no relation to the normal fastbase user details.

set setup(remote_timeout) 300
The system will wait this number of seconds for a valid response when one is expected. If you are getting constant timeout errors then you will need to increase this value however typically this would indicate that some other problem needs to be addressed.