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Chapter 4: Configuring the Timbuktu Host
Once you have installed Timbuktu, you can review and change your configuration settings. This chapter
describes configuration options for the Timbuktu Host.
In Timbuktu for Windows, version 9, the Timbuktu Host is now a separate application from the Timbuktu
Guest, and the Timbuktu Host settings are no longer available in the Timbuktu Guest application.
Instead, Timbuktu Host settings are managed with the new Timbuktu Host Configuration Utility.
Configuration Requirements and Options
The Timbuktu Host listens for and accepts incoming Timbuktu connections. By default, the Timbuktu
Host will not allow incoming connections. To fully enable incoming Timbuktu access, you must configure
• Discovery options. Other Timbuktu computers can search for your computer in several different
ways: with the Scanner, the Internet Locator, and with an LDAP server. You can configure Internet
Locator and LDAP options.
If you do not configure the Internet Locator or LDAP, the Scanner may still discover your computer
when the Timbuktu Host is running. Other Timbuktu users who know your computer’s IP address,
WINS name, or DNS name may also enter it directly on the TCP/IP tab in the Timbuktu Guest
window.
• User accounts. No other Timbuktu computer can connect to your computer without your prior
authorization. There are several levels of remote access: you may assign privileges to all Guest
Users, allow remote users to ask for permission to use unassigned services, and create NT Users and
Registered Users with specific privileges.
• Timbuktu service options. You can control certain aspects of how your Timbuktu handles incoming
connections that use the Control, Observe, Send, and Notify services.
Setting Timbuktu Host Preferences
With the Timbuktu Host Configuration Utility, you can manage numerous configuration options for the
Timbuktu Host. To open the Timbuktu Host Configuration Utility, click the Timbuktu icon in the system
tray on the taskbar. From the shortcut menu, choose Open Host Settings.
The tabs in the Timbuktu Host Configuration Utility window are as follows:
• General —Sets the Timbuktu Host computer name and Internet Locator information. See page 21 .
• Guest User—Specifies the Timbuktu services that can be used by Guest Users, and whether Guest
Users can ask for permission to use other services. See
page 22 .