Specifying the minimum allowed client version
Optionally configure each IBM® Sametime® Community Server in your deployment to require a minimum client version for user logins.
About this task
You might want to require that users to connect to your Sametime Community Server
with a minimum version-level of the client; for example, to ensure
that users have access to necessary features and security enhancements.
You can configure the deployment to refuse logins from clients that
are older than a specific version by adding the following parameters
to the sametime.ini file on every Community Server
in the deployment:
ST_MINIMAL_CLIENT_VERSION
- Specifies the oldest version of the client that will be allowed to log in to the Community Server.ST_FORCE_LOGOUT_OLD_CLIENT_VERSION
- Specifies whether enforcement of theST_MINIMAL_CLIENT_VERSION
parameter is enabled (set it to 1 to log out noncompliant users) or disabled (set it to 0 to allow noncompliant users to log in).Note: TheVP_SECURITY_ALLOW_USER
parameter was renamed toST_FORCE_LOGOUT_OLD_CLIENT_VERSION
in Sametime version 8.5. Both parameters are supported; however, if your sametime.ini file contains both parameters,VP_SECURITY_ALLOW_USER
will be ignored.
All servers in the community must have the same ST_MINIMAL_CLIENT_VERSION
and
same ST_FORCE_LOGOUT_OLD_CLIENT_VERSION
settings
to ensure proper communications. These settings do not appear in the sametime.ini by
default.
Procedure
Complete this procedure on every Sametime Community Server.