Rccliopt — Client Options Configuration Utility

Rccliopt is used on client workstations to set the Default Protocol, LANA number (if the protocol is NetBIOS), and the Update Enabled key to override site-specified remote tools settings. It is a command-line tool that can be run from any directory and has no dependencies on any other DLL or .exe files.

The use of the Rccliopt utility includes the passing of one, two, or three command-line parameters. The command-line parameters are order-sensitive. They are:

RCCLIOPT <Update Enabled> <Default Protocol> <LANA Number>

where:

Update Enabled can be Yes or No. This is a required argument.
Default Protocol can be TCP, IPX or NetBIOS.
LANA Number takes the form Lx where x is a valid LANA number between 0 and 7. It is required if the default protocol is NetBIOS and a new LANA number must be provided.

Examples of typical Rccliopt command lines:

RCCLIOPT No
RCCLIOPT No TCP
RCCLIOPT Yes NetBIOS L1

If the first item is No (case-insensitive), then Update Enabled is set to No in the registry or in the SMSrc16.ini file. If it is not No, then Update Enabled is removed from the registry or file.

If the second item is not TCP, IPX, or NetBIOS (case-insensitive), then Default Protocol is unchanged. If the third item does not contain the letter L (case-insensitive), then the LanaNum is not modified.

Tip The Update Enabled setting is extremely powerful because Update Enabled = NO effectively disables settings passed down from the site-wide settings. Although this is necessary for retaining Default Protocol setting changes on 16-bit clients (because they will revert to NetBIOS otherwise), this is not a function that should be used in other contexts without careful consideration.

A special case would be the use of unattended servers locked in a server room. Site-wide settings might have been set to require users to grant permission each time a remote control attempt is made by an administrator. Since an unattended server has no user to grant this permission, it might be preferable to set Update Enabled = NO, then double-click the Remote Control icon on the server to no longer require permission for these specific computers.

The Update Enabled key is unaffected by updates of the Remote Control client software on the client computer on which it resides, but it is removed from the registry if Remote Tools is deinstalled from the client.

Rccliopt includes help from the /? or -? option at the command line.