Parallels
Parallels Business
Automation - Standard
User's guide
Release 4.0
(c) 1999-2010
Printed: 12/23/2010
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Contents
Preface 4
Typographical Conventions......................................................................................................................... 4
Feedback...................................................................................................................................................... 5
Browsers Compatible with Parallels Business Automation - Standard ........................................................ 6
Logging In to Parallels Business Automation - Standard My Control Panel............................................... 7
Managing Your User Information 8
Using File Manager 9
Setting Permission Attributes for a File or a Directory.............................................................................. 11
Managing Mail 13
Setting Mail Forwarding............................................................................................................................ 13
Setting Autoresponder for Mailbox............................................................................................................13
Index 15
4
C HAPTER 1
Preface
In This Chapter
Typographical Conventions.................................................................................................. 4
Feedback ...............................................................................................................................5
Browsers Compatible with Parallels Business Automation - Standard.................................6
Logging In to Parallels Business Automation - Standard My Control Panel........................ 7
Typographical Conventions
Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation conventions
used in it.
The following kinds of formatting in the text identify special information.
Formatting convention Type of Information Example
Special Bold
Italics Used to emphasize the
Monospace
Items you must select, such
as menu options, command
buttons, or items in a list.
Titles of chapters, sections,
and subsections.
importance of a point, to
introduce a term or to
designate a command line
placeholder, which is to be
replaced with a real name or
value.
The names of commands,
files, directories, and
domain names.
Go to the System tab.
Read the Basic
Administration chapter.
The system supports the so
called wildcard character
search.
The license file is located in
the
http://docs/common/
licenses directory.
Preface 5
Preformatted
On-screen computer output
in your command-line
sessions; source code in
XML, C++, or other
programming languages.
Preformatted Bold
What you type, contrasted
with on-screen computer
output.
CAPITALS Names of keys on the
keyboard.
KEY+KEY Key combinations for which
the user must press and hold
down one key and then
press another.
# ls –al /files
total 14470
# cd /root/rpms/php
SHIFT, CTRL, ALT
CTRL+P, ALT+F4
Feedback
If you have found a mistake in this guide, or if you have suggestions or ideas on how to improve
this guide, please send your feedback using the online form at
http://www.parallels.com/en/support/usersdoc/. Please include in your report the guide's title,
chapter and section titles, and the fragment of text in which you have found an error.
Preface 6
Browsers Compatible with Parallels Business Automation - Standard
The following browsers are fully compatible with Parallels Business Automation - Standard
web-based tools:
For IBM PC compatible computers:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, 6.0 and above,
Netscape Navigator 7.0 and above,
Opera 7.5.3 and above,
Mozilla 1.5 and above,
Firefox 1.0 and above.
Google Chrome 8.
For Macintosh:
Safari 1.3 and above,
Microsoft Internet Explorer for Mac 5.2,
Opera 8.5
Mozilla/Firefox 1.07.
Preface 7
Logging In to Parallels Business Automation - Standard My Control Panel
After your customer administrator had registered you as a user of a server, you can log into the
Parallels Business Automation - Standard My Control Panel.
The URL for Parallels Business Automation - Standard My Control Panel typically looks like:
http://Provider_site/mycp/
where Provider_site should be replaced with the hostname of your Hosting Service
Provider server.
Your login should look like:
user@hostname,
where user is user name you are registered in the Control Panel as a user of a Virtuozzo
Container, and hostname - the hostname of the Virtuozzo Container you are registered as a
user.
As a password you should use your regular user password provided by your customer
administrator.
8
C HAPTER 2
Managing Your User Information
User Information includes General Information and Change Password tabs.
The General Information screen is being displayed first at the User Information screen.
To change User name (Full name):
1. Click the Edit button;
2. Type new full user name into the Full Name field;
3. Click the Save button to submit changes. If you do not intend to change full name, click the
Cancel button. In both cases you will be back to General Information.
To change your user password:
1. Click the Change Password tab;
2. Type the current password;
3. Type and retype the new password;
4. If you do not intend to change password, click the Cancel button. Click the OK button to
save changes. In both cases you will be back to the General Information.
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C HAPTER 3
Using File Manager
To manage files and directories in your home directory, click the File Manager link on the main
menu.
File Manager screen shows you the list of files containing in your home directory. To change the
sorting mode, you can click on appropriate link in the column heading. To select particular
file/directory, check the checkbox at the file or directory name. To select all files (and
directories) check the box in the right column heading.
To create a directory:
1. Click System tab
2. Select File Manager. The list of directories and files containing in the root directory appears
on the screen
3. If needed, browse to the directory you wish to create a subdirectory
4. Click the Make Directory button. The Make Dir ectory form appears on the screen
5. Fill the form: type the directory name, select the correct set of permissions using checkboxes
6. Click the OK button
To upload a file:
1. Click System tab
2. Select File Manager. The list of directories and files containing in the root directory appears
on the screen
3. Browse to the directory you wish to upload the file
4. Click the Upload File button. The Upload File form appears on the screen
5. Fill the form:
a Enter the file name and location on your local computer in the File to Upload textbox. Or
click the Browse... button to locate the file;
b You can rename the file on uploading. Type the new file name in the New file name
textbox;
c Select the correct set of permissions using checkboxes;
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6. Click the OK button to upload a file
The list of files and directories displays the following:
Name. The name of a file or directory;
Size. A file size;
Date. The date a file or directory was modified the last time.
To select a specific directory or file, click the directory or file name. The path at the top of the
list shows the current directory.
The buttons at the top of the files and directories list serve for the following actions:
Make Directory. Add a new directory to your website under your current working directory;
Upload File.Upload a file to your system;
To perform an action with a file or a directory, mark the checkbox at a file or directory name
and use controls below the list:
Delete. Remove a file or directory;
Properties. Change system permissions on a file or directory . To change permissions on a
file, do the following: select a file or directory, click Properties, select the permissions for
the file or directory, and then choose whether to save these changes or discard these
changes;
Note: If you are not sure about what permissions you need for a file or directory, then leave
them alone. For more details about file (or directory) permissions, see below in this Guide.
Rename. Rename and/or move file or directory. Select a file or directory and click Rename.
Enter the path and name of the new location of the file or directory, and click OK to save
changes;
Copy. Select file(s) by checking the box next to a file name. To select all files, select a
check-box on the title bar. Then press Copy. The selected file or directory will be copied to
the clipboard and you will be offered to select the destination and copying options.
Move. Select file(s) by selecting check-box to the left of file name. To select all files, select
a check-box on the title bar. Then press "Move". The selected file or directory will be moved
to the clipboard and you will be offered to select the destination and moving options.
Pack. Select file(s) by selecting check-box to the left of file name. To select all files, select a
check-box on the title bar. Then press "Pack". You will be offered to select the packaging
options.
Unpack. Select file(s) by selecting check-box to the left of file name. To select all files,
select a checkbox on the title bar. Then press "Unpack". You will be offered to select the
packaging options.
In This Chapter
Setting Permission Attributes for a File or a Directory......................................................... 11
Using File Manager 11
Setting Permission Attributes for a File or a Directory
All files (and directories) can be accessed by three types of users: the owner, the member of the
group, and others. Files are given an owner and a group when they are created. Usually the
owner is the current user and the group is the group of the directory the file is in. You can
change the owner and group of a file.
Each type of users can access a file in three ways: by trying to read from, write to, or execute it.
The file permissions determine what types of access the different types of users can have on a
file.
There are three permission attributes for a plain file: read, write, and execute. 'Read' permission
lets you read the data from a file. 'Write' permission lets you write new data to a file. 'Execute'
permission let you use the file as a program or a shell script.
The same permission attributes are applicable for directories but they have a different meaning.
If a directory has 'read' permission you can see what files are in the directory, 'write' permission
to a directory means that you can add, remove or rename files in the directory. 'Execute'
permission (also called the "search bit") allows you to use the directory name when accessing
files inside that directory.
To set a file or a directory permissions:
1. Click the System tab;
2. Select File Manager. The list of directories and files containing in the root directory appears
on the screen;
3. Browse to the file or directory you want to set permissions for;
4. Select the needed directory (or a file) by marking the checkbox at the file or directory name;
5. Click the Properties button. The selected file (or directory) properties including system
permissions appear on the screen;
6. Change permissions and ownership:
If you are setting permissions for a file, mark the relevant checkboxes in the Permissions
section to set a file owner (both a user and a group) and for other users and groups. In
Ownership section, you can change the file owner and/or group (select a new owner
and/or a group from Owner and Group drop-down menus respectively. For executable
files, you can change the identity of the user running the file to the owner of the file so
that the user can perform privileged operations (mark the Execute as user checkbox);
and you can also put files created in the directory into the same group as the directory,
no matter what group the user who creates them is in (mark the Execute as group
checkbox);
Using File Manager 12
If you are setting permissions for a directory, mark the relevant checkboxes in
Permissions section to set permissions for a directory owner (both a user and a group)
and for other users and groups. You can prevent users from removing or renaming a file
in a directory unless they own the file or the directory; this is called the restriction
deletion flag for the directory (mark the Only owners can delete files checkbox). In
Ownership section, you can reassign a directory owner and set the execution attribute:
select an owner user and/or a group from drop-down menu. You can also put files
created in the directory into the same group as the directory, no matter what group the
user who creates them is in (mark the Files inherit group checkbox). Finally, you can
make one more general setting: mark the Apply changes for files and directories
recursively checkbox to automatically apply changes made for a given directory to all
files and subdirectories in this directory.
7. Click the OK button.
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C HAPTER 4
Managing Mail
Mail Manager allows you to configure both e-mail forwarding to an external address and e-mail
auto-responder.
In This Chapter
Setting Mail Forwarding....................................................................................................... 13
Setting Autoresponder for Mailbox.......................................................................................13
Setting Mail Forwarding
If you want to redirect the incoming mail for particular user to somewhere else, you need to set
up forwarding.
To set mail forwarding
1. Click the Mail Manager link on the left pane;
2. Select the Mail Forwarding tab. The list of all forwarding rules (if any) appears on the screen;
3. Click the Edit button;
4. Type the external e-mail addresses the incoming mail will be forwarded to, divided by
commas;
5. Click Save to add a forwarding rule.
To cancel mail forwarding click the Delete button.
Setting Autoresponder for Mailbox
Autoresponders are very handy. They allow you to instantly respond to any message with a
stock reply.
To set mail autoresponder
1. Click the Mail Manager link on the left pane and then select Autoresponder tab.
Autoresponder settings appear on the screen;
2. To set autoresponder or edit autoresponder settings click the Edit button.
3. Edit the autoresponder settings:
a Type the message that will be automatically sent in response to all incoming messages
into the Respond with a message field.
Managing Mail 14
b You can configure rejection:
indicate the sender e-mail address not to respond to;
indicate the fragment of e-mail message subject that will cancel responding to such e-
mail message;
Note: To enable an autoresponder, mark the Turn on automatic responder checkbox. You can
configure an autoresponder and leave it turned off. Later, you can turn an autoresponder on.
4. Click the Save button.
Index
B
Browsers Compatible with Parallels Business
Automation - Standard • 6
C
Copyright Notice • 2
F
Feedback • 5
L
Logging In to Parallels Business Automation -
Standard My Control Panel • 7
M
Managing Mail • 13
Managing Your User Information • 8
P
Preface • 4
S
Setting Autoresponder for Mailbox • 13
Setting Mail Forwarding • 13
Setting Permission Attributes for a File or a
Directory • 11
T
Typographical Conventions • 4
U
Using File Manager • 9
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