Chapter 5: Configuration
Entry Points
Altiris Helpdesk Solution User Guide
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2
Add NT users to the appropriate groups. These can be NT domain users or groups or local users
defined on the Web server.
3
Using
Windows File Explorer
, locate the physical directory location of the admin, worker, and
other entry points.
Note
By default, the setup creates these in the following location:
C:/Program Files/Altiris/eXpress/Notification Server/HelpDesk/
AexHD
4
Right-click an entry point folder (i.e.
Admin
).
5
Click
Properties
. This displays the property sheet for the folder.
6
Click the
Security
tab.
7
Remove unwanted access (i.e.
Everyone
) and add the appropriate groups (i.e.
Admins
).
Note
The "Read" permission is sufficient.
With permissions set, when a user invokes a URL inside one of these entry points they must be
logged on to NT as a member of the appropriate group or they will be prompted to log in. As
previously mentioned, the
guest
and
user
entry points do not require an NT ID.
Note
Login credentials are automatically provided by Internet Explorer so IE users will not be
prompted for user information unless they are not a member of the correct group. Other browsers
don't participate with NTLM and will always be prompted.
Entry Points
Helpdesk uses a number of custom elements in entry point
web.config
files to define the
behavior of the Helpdesk consoles that are supplied through
default.aspx
pages inside the entry
point.
However there is one exception - Helpdesk administrators may want to control how workers and
users self-enroll into Helpdesk. How to do that is described below.
<configuration>
<appweaver.net>
<consoles>
<console>
<command/>
</console>
</consoles>
</appweaver.net>
<helpdesk.net>
<console.configuration/>
<credential/>
</helpdesk.net>
</configuration>
The <appweaver.net> element and its children define what consoles are available in that entry point
and what commands are available in those consoles.
The
<helpdesk.net>
element has two children that are described below:
<console.configuration>
This element has two or three attributes:
•
allowDatabaseConfig
Legal values are “
yes
” or “
no
”.
The value “yes” means that workers who use this entry point will be able to attempt to configure
the Helpdesk database by running a Helpdesk configuration command defined in the console.
This command will be run whenever Helpdesk determines it is not correctly configured - usually
when the application starts after an installation or upgrade. By default only the Admin entry point
and console has this value set to “yes.” It is dangerous and unhelpful to allow non-admins access
to this command.
