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Working with profiles

Every time you log in to Secure Global Desktop, the Sun Secure Global Desktop Client program runs on your client device. Each time the Secure Global Desktop Client starts it uses a profile. A profile is a group of configuration settings that control the Secure Global Desktop Client. The settings in a profile define:

How the Secure Global Desktop Client connects to a Secure Global Desktop server, for example the URL to connect to and the proxy server to use.
The operating mode of the Secure Global Desktop Client, for example whether to display a webtop (Webtop mode) or whether the list of applications that you can run displays in the desktop Start Menu (Integrated mode).
How the Secure Global Desktop Client behaves, for example, if it loses a connection to a Secure Global Desktop server.

Note The Secure Global Desktop Client and profiles are not used with the classic webtop.

You have one profile (one group of settings) for each Secure Global Desktop server you connect to.

Editing profiles

You can only edit profiles if your Secure Global Desktop Administrator has configured Secure Global Desktop to let you do this.

You can only edit profiles from a webtop. On your webtop, click the Edit button in the Applications area of the webtop and then click the Client Settings tab.

You can only edit your own profiles and you can only edit the profile for the Secure Global Desktop server you are currently connected to.

When you first edit a profile, the settings are the settings your Administrator has configured for you.

To restore a profile to the system default settings, click the Reset button.

Note You must log out of Secure Global Desktop and log in again for changes to your profile to take effect.

Profile settings

The following table lists the settings available in a profile with a description of what they do.

If you are unsure about a setting, ask your Secure Global Desktop Administrator for help.

Setting	Description
Login URL	The Secure Global Desktop URL to use for the profile, usually `http://server.example.com/sgd`. In Webtop mode, the URL is loaded automatically in your default web browser so that you can log in and access your webtop. In Integrated mode, the URL is only loaded in the your default web browser if you need to log in to Secure Global Desktop, or if the Secure Global Desktop Client needs to obtain proxy server settings. The default Login URL is `http://server.example.com:80/sgd/index.jsp`.
Connect on System Login	If enabled, the Secure Global Desktop Client is started automatically with this profile whenever you log in to your client device. If enabled, the Secure Global Desktop Client creates an application shortcut or symbolic link for itself in the startup folder for your desktop system. This is disabled by default.
Automatic Client Login	If enabled, as soon as the Secure Global Desktop Client starts, it will attempt to log you in automatically to Secure Global Desktop. Your Administrator can tell you whether automatic logins are being used. Only enable this option if the Add applications to Start Menu is enabled. This is disabled by default.
Add applications to Start Menu	Controls how you use Secure Global Desktop. If enabled, the applications you can run display in the desktop Start Menu on the client device (Integrated mode). If disabled, the applications you can run display on a webtop in a web browser (Webtop mode). With Integrated mode, you cannot suspend and resume individual applications or pause and resume individual print jobs. This is disabled by default.
Alternative PDF viewer	The application command for an alternative PDF viewer to use with PDF printing. If the application is not on your `PATH`, type the full path to the application. This setting only applies to UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X client devices.
Logging	Controls the amount of information that is output to the Secure Global Desktop Client log file. The output is logged to a text file in the same directory as the Secure Global Desktop Client. The default is Errors only.
Preferred Language	The default language to use when the Secure Global Desktop Client is started from the command line, for example when the Secure Global Desktop Client is in Integrated mode. The language selected is used for messages displayed by the Secure Global Desktop Client, the login dialog, and the webtop. The default is en.
Check for Local X Server	If enabled, the Secure Global Desktop Client checks whether there is an X server running on the client device. Enabling this option can improve performance when launching X applications that are configured to display using an X server on the client device. This setting only applies to Windows client devices. This is disabled by default.
Proxy settings	Settings that control how the Secure Global Desktop Client determines what proxy servers to use. Use default web browser settings means use the proxy server settings configured in your default web browser. Manual proxy settings allows you to define the proxy server settings in the profile. You can specify either an HTTP or a SOCKS proxy server or both. In Integrated mode, if the proxy settings are determined from a web browser, the Secure Global Desktop Client has to start your web browser at least once in order to detect what the proxy settings are. If the proxy settings are determined from a web browser, the settings are stored and used the next time the Secure Global Desktop Client starts. If Establish proxy settings on session start is enabled, every time the Secure Global Desktop Client starts, the default web browser is started so that the proxy settings can be determined. The stored proxy settings are not used. The default is: Use default web browser settings. Establish proxy settings on session start is disabled.
Connection Failure	Settings that control what the Secure Global Desktop Client does if the connection to a Secure Global Desktop server is lost, whether to always reconnect, to never reconnect or to ask you what to do. If the Secure Global Desktop Client reconnects, these settings control how many attempts are made to reconnect and the time in seconds between each attempt. If the Secure Global Desktop Client is unable to reconnect, the webtop session ends and any running applications are ended or suspended, depending on how they have been configured for you. The default settings are: Always attempt to reconnect, Number of attempts: 6, and Interval: 10.

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