7-2 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle IRM Desktop
The length of time that you can work offline is set by the Oracle IRM Server domain administrator on a per role basis.
In some circumstances, you might want to manage your rights manually. For example:
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If you are about to disconnect from the network and you want to be sure that your cached rights are as up-to-date as possible, you can synchronize manually.
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If you want to change the computer on which you are using sealed documents for example, to work on a home PC, you may need to check in your rights to Oracle
IRM Server. This is because a right can be used from only one computer at a time, unless Oracle IRM Server has been specifically configured to allow the use of
multiple computers. When you check in, any open documents using your rights are closed. Another computer can then synchronize to the server, with the same
account, and obtain those rights.
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If you have finished working at a computer that is shared by other users, you should consider checking in your rights manually.
7.2 Managing Rights on a Shared Computer
Each Oracle IRM Desktop user should log on to the computer using their own Microsoft Windows account.
If you are using a computer that is shared with others:
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before use, switch the Microsoft Windows account to your own, or log off and log on again as yourself
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after use, log off of your Microsoft Windows account before allowing anyone else to use the computer
If multiple Oracle IRM Desktop users obtain rights for content while logged on to a single Microsoft Windows account, the rights become merged, and anyone logged on
to that account will have access to all users content. If it is absolutely unavoidable for users to share a Microsoft Windows account, each user must check in their rights
manually before allowing someone else to use the computer. See
Section 7.5, Checking In Your Rights Manually
.
7.3 Connecting to Oracle IRM Server Manually
The easiest way to connect to Oracle IRM Server is to open a document that has already been sealed to a context on that server. If this is not possible, you will have to
connect to the server manually.
Use the following procedure to connect to Oracle IRM Server manually:
1. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs, then Oracle IRM Desktop, then
Options
. This opens the Oracle IRM Desktop Options dialog.
Alternatively, you can right-click the Oracle IRM icon in the notification area system tray and select Options.
Note: For offline working, you will never be asked for a username
and password when accessing a sealed document. This is because authentication for offline working is based on your Windows login.
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2. On the Servers tab, select New.
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On the Add Server dialog, enter the URL of the server. For connection to an 11g server, the URL will be in the form
https:servername:portirm_desktop. You should obtain the exact URL from the administrator of the server. The irm_desktop extension is required.
For connection to a 10g server, the URL will be in the form seal:servername:80.
4. To check that the connection can be made, select Validate.
5. To connect to the server, select OK.
If the connection details are valid, the server will be added to the list on the Servers tab.
7.4 Synchronizing Your Rights Manually
