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Policies and preferences for HCL Connections for Mac

Set preferences and policies to control how users interact with HCL Connections for Mac.

Preference and policy settings

The following table shows preference and policy settings that control the behavior of IBM® Connections for Mac. You can specify these custom setting by adding or editing keys in property list (plist) for the application. Setting values to anything other than the values listed in the table produces unpredictable results.

There are three ways to set a property in a plist.

  • A user can edit the plist in /Users/{USER_NAME}/Library/Preferences/com.ibm.AutoSyncMonitor.plist" using an editor such as xcode or plistBuddy. Create a dictionary with the name of "Policies" and add policies to the dictionary XML file to enable them.

    Note: the debugMode and LogEnabled keys must be added to /Root not /Policies.

  • If you are a local administrator, you can create a new plist namedcom.ibm.AutoSyncMonitor.plist and add it to /Library/Preferences. Add policies to this plist that will apply for users of this computer.

    Note: Once the plist is in this directory the only way to edit it is with plist Buddy and you must authenticate using your administrator password.

  • If you are a server administrator, you can use a program such as OS X Server to distribute custom plists with policies that you set. Add a plist to /Library/Managed Preferences/{USER_NAME}/. The policies apply for each user that you specify. These settings can not be changed locally.

Note: If there is a conflict between the plists, the Managed Preference list on the server override the library and user preferences, and library preferences override user preferences.

Key/SubKey Name Values Description
Root/Policies Default Auth Type
  • 0 - Basic Authentication (Default)
  • 1 - Custom
 Controls the default authentication type in the Add Account dialog.
Root/Policies Default Auth Type Policy
  • 0 - Enable Authentication dropdown (default)
  • 1 - Disable Authentication dropdown
 Setting the policy to disable will prevent users from selecting and changing the authentication type in the Add Account dialog.
Root/Policies Default Auth Ext Bundle ID When Default Auth Type is set to Custom this setting controls which custom authentication module will display by default. Supported bundle IDs include: Basic - basic.authexct, Smart Cloud - smartcloud.authext, TAM - tam.authext, SiteMinder - siteminder.authext, IBM Connect Cloud - ibmsc.authext, Federated - federatedcloud.authext, Web Forms Authentication - html.authtext
Root/Policies Sharing Intent String, Default 0 (v24.04 or later), 1 (v23.03 or earlier)
  • 0 - Do not normally allow outside access for new content, but ask me about new content added to a folder permitting outside access (Default)
  • 1 - Allow all new content to be shared with people outside this organization, except for folders added to a folder that denies outside access
  • 2 - Only allow outside access to new content if created in a folder permitting outside access.
 This setting sets the default value for the sharing intent setting on new file and new folder dialogs and Add New Account Panel for Cloud Account dialog.
Root/Policies Sharing Intent Policy String
  • 0 = user can change the sharing intent setting (Default)
  • 1 = user cannot change the sharing intent setting
 This setting controls whether the user can change the default value for the sharing intent setting on new file and new folder dialogs and Add New Account Panel for Cloud Account dialog. If the policy is set, the user cannot change the setting.
Root/Policies Encryption String
  • 0 = Encrypt option is not checked (Default)
  • 1 = Encrypt option is checked
 This setting sets the default value for the Encryption setting on new file dialogs and Add New Account Panel for Cloud Account dialog
Root/Policies Encryption Policy String
  • 0 = user can change the Encryption setting (Default)
  • 1 = user cannot change the Encryption setting
 This setting controls whether the user can change the default value for the Encryption setting on new file dialogs and Add New Account Panel for Cloud Account dialog. If the policy is set, the user cannot change the setting.
Root/Policies Help URL http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSYGQH_5.0.0/connectors/admin/msdesktop_mac_over.dita (Default) Note: "http://" or "https://" is required as part of the url The URL for help for the product.
Root/Policies DefaultConnectURL String Default - null (not in registry) The URL that shows by default in the dd New Account dialog for a new server.
Root/Policies DefaultConnectName String Default - null The name that will show by default in the dd New Account dialog for a new server
Root/Policies Disable Public Sharing String
  • 0 = public sharing enabled, will allow sharing with Everyone (public) or Everyone in Organization (for smartcloud) where appropriate in sharing dialogs
  • 1 = groups disabled, will disable sharing with Everyone (public) or Everyone in Organization (for smartcloud) where appropriate in sharing dialogs (default)
 This setting disables the ability for users to share with Everyone (the Public) for Connections, or with Everyone in Organization for Connections Cloud. There is no 'Disable Public Sharing Policy.'
Root/Policies ScanIgnoreExtensions List of extensions to ignore changes on; for example: gif, jpeg, mpg. This list will be merged with any user preferences unless the policy is set to Disable. Note: Setting this option requires a reboot.
Root/Policies ScanIgnoreExtensions Policy
  • 0 - Enable Preference (default)
  • 1 - Disable Preference
 Setting the policy to disable will prevent users from adding file extensions to the ignore list.
Root/Policies DarkDeployment
  • 0 - Disable Features (default)
  • 1 - Enable Features
 Dark Deployment are features that are beta ready.
Root/Policies DarkDeployment Policy String, Default = null (not in registry)
  • 0 - user can change the DarkDeployment setting (default)
  • 1 - user cannot change the DarkDeployment setting
 Controls whether users can change the DarkDeployment setting in the General Preferences panel.
Root/Policies DisableConnectCloud
  • 0 - Show (Default)
  • 1 - Hide
 Controls whether users see the Connect to Cloud option in the Connections menu.
Root DebugMode
  • 1 - Report any Error Message (default)
  • 2 - Report any Warning or Error message
  • 3 - Report any Debug, Warning, or Error message
 Setting this policy will enable the application to log different levels of messages
Root LogEnabled
  • 0- Logs are not saved (default)
  • 1 - Write logs to log file
 Setting this policy will enable the application to create a physical log that is located in: /Users/{USERNAME}/Library/Application Support/com.ibm.AutoSyncMonitor/Logs Note: Log files are kept for one week, then the oldest is automatically removed each day as a new log file is created.
Root/Policies FailInvalidCerts String
  • 0 – allow untrusted certificates (default)
  • 1 – block untrusted certificates
 When FailInvalidCert is set to 0, the user is warned that the certificate is invalid or incorrect but user can choose to accept the certificate. When FailInvalidCert is set to 1, it will block untrusted certificates. An error message informs users that the certificate is invalid or incorrect.
Root/Policies EndpointFiles String, Default – null (not in registry) Endpoint override. For example, /files Allows override of Connections endpoint. Plug-ins have hardcoded values for 3 endpoints, which can be overridden using these settings. Overrides must take this form: EndpointFile=/files where the destination is indicated with a leading slash (/) but no trailing slash.
Root/Policies EndpointProfiles String, Default – null (not in registry) Endpoint override. For example, /profiles Allows override of Connections endpoint. Plug-ins have hardcoded values for 3 endpoints, which can be overridden using these settings. Overrides must take this form: EndpointProfiles=/profiles where the destination is indicated with a leading slash (/) but no trailing slash.
Root/Policies EndpointPush String, Default – null (not in registry) Endpoint override. For example, /push Allows override of Connections endpoint. Plug-ins have hardcoded values for 3 endpoints, which can be overridden using these settings. Overrides must take this form: EndpointPush=/push where the destination is indicated with a leading slash (/) but no trailing slash.
Root/Policies DownloadUnscannedFiles String, Default – null (not in registry)
  • 0 = unscanned files are not downloaded by default. User is prompted via message or sync issue.
  • 1 = unscanned files are downloaded by default. Warning: This behavior is not recommended as the files may not be safe
 Allows override of the download behavior for files that have not yet been scanned for viruses on the server. Warning: Downloading unscanned files can allow unsafe files to be downloaded.

Parent topic: HCL Connections for Mac