You must log in to the Novell® iFolder® client to activate the synchronization process between the iFolder client and the iFolder server. Until you log in, the iFolder client operates in the background to log and track changes you make to files in your local iFolder directory. It begins to synchronize your files immediately upon successful login.
Before you begin the login process, you will need the following information:
Your iFolder username and password (typically the same as your network ID and password)
Your iFolder encryption passphrase (the passphrase you set during installation of iFolder client)
Your network proxy server's settings (IP address or DNS name and port number provided by your system administrator)
Your proxy user ID and password (provided by your system administrator)
This Help topic discusses the following login procedures:
To log in to iFolder, right-click the iFolder icon in your system tray, then click Login in the iFolder client pop-up menu. This opens a login dialog box where you enter your username and password for your iFolder account.
If you choose, iFolder can remember your login password. The next time you begin the login process, the password is entered automatically in the Password field.
To disable the automatic password exchange:
Log in to your iFolder account.
Right-click the iFolder icon in your system tray.
Click Account Information > Preferences.
Uncheck the Remember Password check box, then click Apply to activate your selection.
You must be logged in to make this change to your iFolder account.
The files in your local Novell iFolder directory reside on your workstation in plain text and on the iFolder server in encrypted form. To ensure security and privacy during transmission and storage, iFolder encrypts the files, using the encryption passphrase you specified when you installed iFolder client.
Encryption occurs before the files leave your workstation to travel securely across an Internet connection to be uploaded to, and stored on, the iFolder server. The files remain encrypted on the iFolder Server and during downloads to your workstations. The iFolder client decrypts the downloaded files as they arrive on your local workstations.
After you log in to iFolder, a Get Passphrase dialog box opens where you can enter your encryption passphrase.
If you choose, iFolder can remember your passphrase. The next time you begin the login process, this passphrase exchange is done automatically; no dialog box will appear.
To disable the automatic passphrase exchange:
Log in to your iFolder account.
Right-click the iFolder icon in your system tray.
Click Account Information > Preferences.
Uncheck the Remember Passphrase check box, then click Apply to activate your selection.
You must be logged in to make this change to your iFolder account.
In an enterprise that uses the Internet, a proxy server acts as an intermediary between you and the Internet so that the enterprise is kept secure. To you, the proxy server is invisible; all Internet requests and returned responses appear to be directly with the Internet server you are querying. However, the proxy is not quite invisible; its IP address must be specified as a configuration in the browser or, in this case, when logging in to the iFolder server.
You can connect to the iFolder server through a known proxy server.
In the Login dialog box, click Set Proxy.
Enter the IP address or DNS name and the port of your proxy Novell
iFolder server.
If you do not know this information, ask your network administrator.
Click OK.
If you connect to your iFolder server through a proxy server, a third dialog box opens to get your network user ID and password.
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