Exceed Customizations for ACNET Users Release Notes for V2.2.3 (15-Jul-2008) - Use a different Kerberized PuTTY build which supports gssapi-with-mic authentication. - Xgoto_URL: Allow ")" character in URL's - Installer: Copy kerberized plink.exe to the Program Files\Timbuktu Pro directory, if it exists. Release Notes for V2.2.2 (15-Apr-2008) - Upgrade Kerberized PuTTY to V0.59. - Change default font and colors used by PuTTY. - Support 2 hop VNC ssh tunnels - Support ssh with direct X connection. - Fix problem with Get_Cookie Release Notes for V2.2.1 (17-Mar-2008) - Fix problems with Net Identity Manager support. - In Customization Info, fix "Install New Version" to work with Windows Vista. - Turn on compression in Putty. Release Notes for V2.2.0 (04-Mar-2008) - Force Net Identity Manager to have an FNAL.GOV identity as the default identity. This prevents much confusion when a user uses Net Identity Mangager for the first time on a computer/account. - "Telnet ..." and "PuTTY ..." ACNET menu shortcuts which ask user which host to connect to. - "Customizations Info" window with version, release notes, and Check for/Install New Version. - "Controls Proxy" ACNET menu shortcut to allow web browsers to access URL's inside the Controls Firewall. Browser configuration required. See http://www-ad.fnal.gov/controls/consoles/web_proxy.html - StartXApp: -vnc option to setup ssh tunnel, and run VNC Viewer. "VNC Tunnel..." shortcut is created in the ACNET menu for users with VNC Viewer installed. - Configure Exceed 2007 so power management is allowed to turn off monitor. - Configure Exceed 2007 to refuse sleep if Exceed has an X connection. - Hide Xgoto_URL task bar icon. Diagnostic output is sent to %TEMP%\Xgoto_URL.log. - StartXApp -qhost option to ask user for node to connect to. - Update AutoIt3.exe to V3.2.10.0. - StartXApp: -hide option to hide PuTTY window and icon for command after a short delay - Eliminate the ViaGateway Hummingbird Basic script. - New naming convention for alarm sounds (alarms1.wav, alarms2.wav, ...) - Don't install DecTerm or VMS Telnet ACNET menu items. Leave existing items there. - Installer: Delete old "Custom_V*" files. Release Notes for V2.1.1 (29-Aug-2007) - Maximum backing-store = Always for Exceed 2007. - Add nodes to xhost.txt list for Control Room PC's. - Make ordering of DEC75 and Dec100 font directories for Exceed 2007 the same as Exceed 9. - Support 6 and 8-screen MCR console PC's on Exceed 2007. - Fix StartXapp.au3 to tolerate spaces in the %TEMP% string. - StartXApp -winticket option to use Windows captive account tickets (for control room use) - StartXApp -direct option to connect without outland/outback. (for control room use) - StartXApp -qscreen option to ask the user which X server screen to use. (for control room use) Release Notes for V2.1.0 (15-May-2007) - Remove support for Exceed V7 and V8. - Add support for Exceed 2007. Exceed V9 and Exceed 2007 are now supported. - Add support for Windows Vista. Windows 2000, XP and Vista are now supported. There is a separate "-Vista" version of the installer which is flagged so that Windows Vista will acquire Administrative privileges before running it. The "-Vista" installer will also work on Windows 2000 and XP, but it requires Administrative privileges to install. It will not work for Power Users like the normal installer does. - Add support for NetIDMgr. MIT Kerberos for Windows and NetIDMgr are now supported as providers of Kerberos tickets. - Kerberized PuTTY SSH client is now included. This is useful for accessing things inside the firewall without using the Controls VPN, or for home users behind a NAT router to run a console without using a VPN. New "CnsRun VIASSH", "Linux PuTTY" and "nova PuTTY" items in the Start->Programs->Acnet menu use PuTTY to start things using the SSH protocol. - Use the xlib.dll included with Exceed instead of Cygwin libx11.dll. - Compile Xgoto_URL in mingw instead of cygwin environment. cygwin1.dll and sh.exe are no longer needed. - Use the xauth.exe included with Exceed 2007 for Exceed 9. - Update installer to use AutoIt V3.2.2.0 which has Windows Vista support. Release Notes for V2.0.14 (23-Mar-2007) - Fix problem where Xgoto_URL wouldn't display web pages for some users. This bug was introduced in V2.0.13. - Add support so On Site Controls VPN users are able to enable ACNET settings - Put customizations version number in an X property so we can track upgrades. Release Notes for V2.0.13 (09-Jan-2007) - Remove most VAXes from xhost.txt file. VAXes not in DNS were causing long Exceed startup times and cnsrun failures. - Remove "Debug_DECTerm" Acnet menu item. - Remove "VMS CnsRun" from control room Acnet menus. - Remove VMS exception for requiring a forwardable Kerberos ticket. - Xgoto_URL signals startup script when it is possible to connect to Exceed. - Remove various VMS specific things. Release Notes for V2.0.12 (13-Nov-2006) - Fix intermittent failures when starting a Linux Telnet session. - Preserve additions to the xhost.txt file in the user's profile. - Configure Exceed V9 so scroll wheel works with nedit. - Configure Exceed V9 so power management is not prohibited from turning off monitor. - Various modifications for Control Room consoles only. - In xhost_cnspc.txt, change names to IP addresses so things work if Exceed starts before a name server is available after a power outage. - Special exceed.xcfg configuration file for 6-screen consoles with comfort monitors. Release Notes for V2.0.11 (18-Oct-2005) - Fix bug in preserving assigned console instance in shortcuts. This resulted in unusable shortcuts for most users. - Do special shortcuts for control room cnsNNpc nodes. - Increase time for control room xdm startup of exceed. - Accept clxNN node name on control room xdm startup. Used for substituting for a broken vax/clx. Release Notes for V2.0.10 (07-Oct-2005) - Copy default user files before starting Exceed, so that Exceed can use the new configuration files. This prevents errors the first use after install. - Track mouse when not in X windows for better application timeouts. - Preserve assigned console instance and mwm preferences in shortcuts. - Allow customizations upgrade with Exceed.exe running if older V2 customizations are present. - Write "custom_V2.0.10" file to facilitate rollout scripting. Release Notes for V2.0.9 (22-Sep-2005) - Run x11debug in Linux Nedit and Linux xterm shortcuts to help users debug X server and network problems. - Make sure the MIT Magic Cookie gets created the first time a user runs a shortcut even if the user's Exceed data directory doesn't exist yet. - Make_Cookie now creates user's Exceed data directory if it doesn't exist. This fixes the error when a new user logs on to Windows. - Don't display progress bar in -quiet install mode. Release Notes for V2.0.8 (11-Aug-2005) - Add "CnsStop" shortcut to Acnet menu, which stops both Linux and VMS consoles. - Fix problem deciding we are using NAT. Do not consider 169.254. address as a Private address since it should never be routed over NAT. Wireless cards may configure one of these. - Back to longer timeout for temporary telnet windows (120 sec). Need more time to look at errors. - Fix intermittent problem reading magic cookie. - Display error message if Host Explorer terminal window can't be created (after a retry). Release Notes for V2.0.7 (08-Aug-2005) - Delete files from old Exceed Customizations for ACNET Users. This will disable old-style shortcuts, which shouldn't be used. - Wait for outland/outback prompt again. Not waiting caused problems with V7 and cryptocard. - Remove "Linux CnsRun" shortcut from the Acnet menu. - Smaller default Host Explorer font for Exceed V9 and V8. - Fix intermittent problems starting Host Explorer sessions. - Shorter timeout for temporary telnet windows (60 sec). - Pause 3 seconds before sending commands to outland/outback. - "-quiet" command line option for silent install. - Detect cnsNNpc nodes and customize for control rooms. Special xhost.txt, CnsRun via XDM. - If Leash32 won't start, try again. - Support for installation on Windows 9x. - If we find exceed.exe running but no cookie, create cookie and warn user to restart Exceed to pick up the cookie. - Display "Bad shortcut" message if old shortcut is used. - Install: In quiet mode, quit if the current version has already been installed. - Install: -help option, displays options and %errorlevel% codes - Use clx node for assigned console instance CnsRun shortcuts. - Install: -extract option Release Notes for V2.0.6 (13-Jul-2005) - Get user's Application Data directory from %APPDATA% instead of AutoIt @AppDataDir macro or %userprofile%\Application Data. This was causing problems for Gary Ganster who has APPDATA=C:\Windows\Application Data and %userprofile%=C:\Documents and Settings\ganster\ - Make sure that Default User files have been copied to the user's profile even if Exceed is already running. - For Host Explorer windows, resize now changes terminal size instead of font size by default (Exceed V9 and V8 only). - Speed up execution of HostExplorer injected commands (DISPLAY=, xauth, fixup-tix) for users with non-default prompt. - Don't wait for outland/outback prompt. Release Notes for V2.0.5 (31-May-2005) - Create user directories before copying files to them. - acnet_assigned_node environment variable for users with assigned console instances to get customized shortcuts. - Create "Start->Programs->Hummingbird Connectivity Vx->Exceed" directory if needed. - "nova Telnet" shortcut in Acnet menu. - Don't use @SW_HIDE for running leash32. - Wait longer for pooled instance assignment. Release Notes for V2.0.4 (23-May-2005) - Enable loading of XRDB.TXT for Exceed V8. Release Notes for V2.0.3 (19-May-2005) - Enable MIT Magic Cookies for Exceed V8. Release Notes for V2.0.2 (18-May-2005) - Require hostex32.exe 8.0.0.6 to install on exceed V8. - Enable Kerberos in Exceed V8 Host Explorer profiles. - Add ":0" after FROM_IP in shortcuts to make it obvious this is the DISPLAY field. - Names instead of numbers for VAX nodes in xhost.txt. - Supress close Host Explorer window popup message. - Install release notes. Shortcut in Humm...Exceed - Delete Acnet Menu shortcuts with old style names. Release Notes for V2.0.1 (16-May-2005) - Create a Magic Cookie if it does not exist *before* Exceed is started. - Load xrdb.txt in ExV7. - Fix Backspace key for xterm run from Sun or SGI machines (nova, fsui02, etc) - Don't wait for Xgoto_URL to start. - Get_Cookie.au3: Option in to get xauth command with cookie. Release Notes for V2.0.0 - Support for Linux ACNET consoles - Use MIT Magic Cookies for X security - Support for alarm sounds - Backspace key works properly for most programs - One installer for Exceed Version V7, 8, or 9 - Include the patches to block Pop-Up windows from the open X server scanner - Installable by Power Users. - Short xhost.txt list for VAXes, nova, chablis- Support Linux - Alternate between using outland and outback as the gateway node. - Warn user of an expired or non-forwardable ticket - Support cryptocard. - Get username from Kerberos ticket. - Determines user's IP address. Works with VPN, NAT, Multiple NIC's, wireless - Manual paste of xauth command with MIT Magic Cookie