2.3 Installing and Configuring the iFolder Client on Your Windows Workstation

You install the Novell iFolder client on each desktop or laptop that you typically use. You need the iFolder client on your workstation to take advantage of the automatic synchronization feature of iFolder. We recommend that you log in for the first time to the iFolder server from your workstation, using the iFolder client.

IMPORTANT:To enforce some global client settings, your iFolder administrator might require you to use the iFolder client to initialize your iFolder user account.

The Win32 version of the iFolder client is designed for workstations that use the following Microsoft* operating systems:

To prepare for installing the iFolder client:

To install and configure the iFolder client, follow the instructions in the Novell iFolder Quick Start.

2.3.1 Downloading the iFolder Client to Your Workstation

To download the iFolder client:

  1. Activate your Internet or network connection.

  2. Open your Web browser to the iFolder Web site. For example, enter 

    http://nif1.your-domain-name.com/iFolder

    Replace nif1.your-domain-name.com with the actual DNS name or IP address of your iFolder server. Get this information from your iFolder administrator.

  3. From the iFolder Web site, click Download, then save the iFolder client installation file to your workstation.

  4. To install and configure the iFolder client, follow the instructions in the Novell iFolder Quick Start.

    To download an HTML version of the Novell iFolder Quick Start, from the iFolder Web site, click Quick Start.

2.3.2 Installing and Using iFolder on a Workstation with Multiple Windows Logon Users

For Windows 2000/XP workstations, Windows requires that the Administrator user or a user with Administrator rights be the one who installs the iFolder 2.1 client on the workstation. If you define multiple Windows logon users for a Windows 2000/XP workstation, the iFolder users must log on to their Windows account to configure their own iFolder accounts.

After the Administrator installs the iFolder client, a user can log on to the workstation using an assigned Windows logon account. The user starts the iFolder client and logs in for the first time to an iFolder server account. When this happens, iFolder 2.1 associates the active Windows logon account to that iFolder account for that workstation. No other Windows logon account on that workstation can access that iFolder account using the iFolder client. Other logon accounts can access the iFolder account using a Web browser or NetDrive.

If you want multiple Windows logon accounts to be able to access the same iFolder account from the same workstation, you have two options:

  • You can set up a shared Windows logon account for all users of that workstation to use when they access that iFolder account.
  • One Windows logon account can use the iFolder client to access the iFolder account, and other Windows logon accounts on the workstation can access the iFolder account using Novell NetDrive or the Web-browser interface to iFolder when they are logged in to their own accounts.