Enabling and Disabling the execution of tools on the target during a remote session

Learn how to enable or disable the execution of tools on the target during a remote session.

About this task

To prevent the execution of tools on the target machine from Perform Action in target menu in the controller window, a new property has been added in trc_controller.cfg and controller.properties. Enabling this feature in the target removes the command entries in the Perform Action in target menu.
Property name Required Default Description
allow.user.commands Yes True Display/Hide the command entries under Perform Action in target menu.

To configure this controller property, complete the following steps:

Procedure

Peer-to-peer sessions
  1. Edit the trc_controller.cfg file.
    Windows systems
    [controller install dir]\trc_controller.cfg

    Where [controller install dir] is the directory that the controller is installed in.

    Linux systems
    opt/bigfix/trc/controller/trc_controller.cfg
  2. Configure the property by setting true or false.
  3. Save the file.
Managed sessions
  1. Edit the controller.properties from the Server console.
  2. Configure the property by setting true or false.
  3. Save the file.