10.15 Using Startup Options

GroupWise has commands that you can use when you start the Cross-Platform client on Linux. Some of them are for your convenience, and others are necessary to run GroupWise on your particular hardware.

10.15.1 GroupWise Startup Options on Linux

Table 10-1 Startup Options

This Startup Option

Does This

-@u=?

Displays a login dialog box whenever you open GroupWise, allowing you to supply any necessary login information.

-@u= user_ID

Lets you use your GroupWise user ID to open GroupWise as yourself on another user’s computer. The other user remains logged on to the network.

-ipa= ip_address_or_hostname

Lets you specify the IP address (x.x.x.x) or the name of the IP address when you are running in client/server mode.

-ipp= port_number

Lets you specify the IP port when you are running in client/server mode.

-l= xx

Applies only if you have two or more language versions or language modules. This option instructs GroupWise to override the default environment language (under General Environment in Options) with the language specified by the language code ( xx). The language codes are listed in the table below.

-ph= pathname

Lets you specify the path to the post office.

-pc= path_to_caching_mailbox

Opens GroupWise in Caching mode. GroupWise must be restarted when you change from Online to Caching.

-ui=gtk

Uses the GTK look and feel for the GroupWise client. This only works on Linux using the GNOME* desktop manager.

10.15.2 GroupWise Language Codes

The following table lists the languages the GroupWise client has been localized into for GroupWise 5.5 and later versions. Some versions might not include all of these languages. For the most current information, see your local reseller.

Table 10-2 Language Codes

Language

Language Code

Arabic

AR

Chinese Simplified

CS

Chinese Traditional

CT

Czech

CZ

Danish

DK

Dutch

NL

English

US

Finnish

SU

French

FR

German

DE

Hebrew

HE

Hungarian

MA

Italian

IT

Japanese

JP

Korean

KR

Norwegian

NO

Polish

PL

Portuguese

BR

Russian

RU

Spanish

ES

Swedish

SV

10.15.3 Using GroupWise Startup Options on Linux

  1. Right-click the GroupWise icon on the desktop, then click Properties.

  2. Click the Application tab.

  3. In the Command field following the GroupWise executable name, type a space, type the startup options, then click OK.

    Separate multiple startup options with a space, like this:

    /opt/novell/groupwise/client/bin/groupwise -p pathname -@u ?

    In this example, -ph is the startup option to specify the path to the post office. The pathname is the path to the post office. The -@u ? option is used to display a login dialog box a user can supply with login information whenever he or she opens GroupWise. This option is useful when two or more users share a workstation but have separate GroupWise Mailboxes.

  4. Restart GroupWise.

10.15.4 Using GroupWise Startup Options on a Macintosh

  1. Right-click the GroupWise application package, usually on the desktop.

  2. Click Show Package Contents.

  3. Browse to the info.plist file in the \Contents directory, then edit the file with a text editor.

  4. Edit the string for the Arguments key with the startup options you want. For example:

    <key>Argument</key> <string>-au=? -l=es</string>

    This starts the Cross-Platform Macintosh client and asks for the User ID and the client is displayed in Spanish.

  5. When you have finished editing the info.plist file with your changes, save the file and restart GroupWise.