Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide

Performing Actions on Cards

When a card of a particular type is displayed in the scrolling pane, the Actions menu is updated to reflect the available actions (remote login, sending an email, and so on) for that card type.

Performing Actions on Address Cards

An address card provides contact information and location information for a particular user. When you display an address card in Address Manager's scrolling pane, the Actions menu is updated to contain the following menu items:

Figure 16-3 Actions Menu for an Address Card

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Table 16-2 Actions for an Address Card
 Action Description
 Mail To Enables you to send mail to the listed email addresses
 Dial Enables you to dial the listed phone numbers
 Open Calendar Attempts to open the person's calendar
 Open Home Folder Attempts to open the person's home folder
 Open URL Attempts to open a URL listed on the card
 Print Prints the information from the card

Performing Actions on Alias Cards

An alias card contains one or more email addresses. When you display an alias card in Address Manager's scrolling pane, the Actions menu is updated to contain the following menu items:

Figure 16-4 Actions Menu for an Alias Card

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Table 16-3 Actions for an Alias Card
 Action Description
 Mail To Enables you to send mail to the listed email addresses
 Who Are Attempts to resolve the alias into a global address
 Print Prints the information from the card

Performing Actions on Host Cards

A host card contains a host name and an IP address. When you display a host card in Address Manager's scrolling pane, the Actions menu is updated to contain the following menu items:

Figure 16-5 Actions Menu for a Host Card

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Table 16-4 Actions For a Host Card
 Action Description
 Terminal Displays a remote terminal (dtspcd) for the host
 Terminal Rlogin Performs a remote login (rlogin) on the host
 Process Manager Opens Process Manager for the host
 Performance Meter Opens Performance Meter for the host
 Workstation Info Opens Workstation Information for the Host
 Disk Usage Displays disk usage statistics for the host
 Print Manager Opens Print Manager for the host
 Suspend System Issues a Suspend action on the host
 Reboot Issues a Reboot action on the host
 Halt Issues a Halt action on the host
 Admintool Opens the Admintool application for the host
 Admintool Super-user Requests that you enter the host's root password, and opens Admintool (super-user mode) on the host