Hot keys can be configured to launch the utsettings or utdetach Sun Ray utilities. The scopes for these hot keys are as follows:
System-wide default setting
User default setting
System-wide mandatory setting
To support these levels of customization, the Sun Ray Client at session startup examines the following properties files in the order shown in Table 10.3, “Sun Ray Settings Properties Files”.
Table 10.3. Sun Ray Settings Properties Files
File | Scope | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System | This file contains the default properties. Any properties specified override any defaults built into the application itself. |
| User | This file contains the user's preferred values, which override any application or system-wide defaults. |
| System | This file contains system-wide mandatory settings that cannot be overridden by the user. These properties override any application, system-wide, or user defaults. |
If your policy is for all users to use the same standard hot key, modify the system-wide mandatory defaults file to specify this standard key. This setting prevents users from specifying their own hot key preferences.
The format of the hot key entry in these properties files is utility_name.hotkey=valueutility_name_is the
where utility_name is the name of the
utility (currently either utsettings or
utdetach) and value
is a valid X keysym name preceded by one or more of the supported
modifiers (Ctrl, Shift,
Alt, Meta) in any order.
Default values are shown in
Table 10.4, “Defaults for Configurable Hot Key Values”.
Table 10.4. Defaults for Configurable Hot Key Values
Configuration Property Name | Default Hot Key | Action |
|---|---|---|
|
| Invokes the Sun Ray Settings GUI. |
|
| Detaches the session from this Sun Ray Client. (Often used to to detach a non-smartcard mobile session.) |
If you don't want your users to use the default hot keys to launch the utilities, you can set up the system-wide defaults file to specify different hot keys. Users can still specify their preferences in the user defaults file.
As superuser, open the
/etc/opt/SUNWut/utslaunch_defaults.properties
file in a text editor.
If you want to make the change mandatory for all users
even if they have user defaults set, change the value in
the
/etc/opt/SUNWut/utslaunch_mandatory.properties
file.
Locate the original hot key entry for the utility you want
to change and place a # in front of it to
comment it out.
For example:
# utdetach.hotkey=Shift Pause
Type the new hot key property after the first statement.
For example,
utdetach.hotkey=Alt F9
Save the utslaunch_defaults.properties
file.
The new hot key takes effect for each user when that user next logs in. Users who were logged in before you redefined the hot key continue to use the old value.
A user's hot key settings override any system-wide default settings, unless they are mandatory.
In the user's home directory, create the
.utslaunch.properties file.
Make sure that the user owns and can read this file.
Add a line to the .utslaunch.properties
file with the value for the hot key.
For example:
utsettings.hotkey=Shift F8
Save the .utslaunch.properties file.
Log out and log back in to enable the new hot key.