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Configuring multi-user systems using legacy Turnpike 5 software

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Multi-user Turnpike

Please see our Important Notice, we recommend that you read it before you proceed.

This guide assumes that you are setting up your multi-user Turnpike from the beginning, and that you have not already installed Turnpike before this installation.

Before going ahead with this, please ensure that you have your Site ID and the corresponding concurrent user Site-Key to hand.

Definitions:

Site ID: This is the registration code which enables a fully licensed installation of Turnpike.

Site-Key: This is the additional registration code which enables Turnpike Six 6.06 or earlier versions to be used as a multi-user mail server over a Local Area Network. It is not required for Turnpike Six 6.07 or later. If you are using Turnpike Six 6.06 or an earlier version you will also need the corresponding concurrent user Site-Key to hand; please note that this is no longer available for purchase, so if you require a multi-user system and have not previously purchased the multi-user licence, please upgrade to Turnpike 6.07 or later

Site Secret: This is an encryption key (optional, and chosen by yourself) which encrypts your Turnpike mail and news databases for security purposes.

Server: When the 'server' is being referred to in this guide, this means we are talking about the computer on which the full installation of Turnpike is installed and is usually the machine with the modem.

This is the computer from which Turnpike will actually be used to dial out and connect up to your Internet Service Provider (ISP). It is also the computer that the other users will be connecting to, via a shared drive, in order to access their mail/news from their workstations.

Client: When the 'client' is being referred to in this guide, this means we are talking about those computers on the network that your users will be using to run the workstation version of Turnpike that will be used to view their mail/news that is on the server.

Installation procedure

1. First of all, you will need to install Turnpike on the server.

Start the installation procedure as per the instructions that came with the disk with Turnpike on it. The first screen you will come across is the one above:

Click Next

Click the option Custom.
If you wish to install to another drive other than C:\ then browse to the correct location.

Click Next

To install Multi-user Turnpike you need to select all options for installation.

Click Next

If you are not happy with the current settings, you can go back at this point and change the settings you are not happy with.

When you are happy with the settings, click Next.

Enter your Site ID.
Enter a Site Secret (if you want to).
Note: You will be the only person with a record of your Site Secret, so no-one else will be able to help you if you forget or lose it - Keep it somewhere safe !
Then enter your Site Key.

Click Next, and follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation.
Bear in mind that the user you set up during this procedure will be your 'administrator' as far as Turnpike is concerned.
It is that user who will have the administration powers to setup new users etc.

Once you have Turnpike set up and running correctly, you can set up the user accounts needed.
In order to do this, you will need to run the Turnpike Offline program.
Run Turnpike Offline and then choose File > Configure > Users, as in the above screen shot.

When you select the Users option, the Configure user sign on names dialogue will open.
Note: Seat 1 belongs to the Administrator of Turnpike, but this does not necessarily mean it has to be the Network Administrator.
It is this user who will have the administrative powers to setup new users, change user details, etc.
The first thing you will need to do, is to edit the existing user. In the screen shot above, we have used username.
The user in your window will be whatever name you configured earlier. Make sure the user is highlighted as the screen shot above, and then select the Edit button.

You need to edit this user and change the option from Disable the sign-on dialog and instead turn on the Password option.
Note: Make sure you can remember this password, as this is the Turnpike Administrators password. If you forget this password, you can find yourself locked out from being able to make ANY changes.
The Password option will need to be enabled on all your users, otherwise a sign on dialogue will not appear.
Once you have edited this user, click OK.
You can now create new users by clicking on the Create button that is on the Configure user sign-on names. Create as many users as is relevant to your setup and make sure they all have the Password option enabled.
Before going on to setting up the client machines on your network with copies of Turnpike workstation, you must share the directory that Turnpike is installed to, so that all the client machines can see this directory on the network.
How you do this is entirely up to you and will depend on your networking software, we cannot offer any advice on how to do this. If you need help doing this we can only suggest that you contact the support team that support your networking product.

2.Assuming you have set up all the clients so that the Turnpike installation is shared off of the server, you should be able to find something like the screen shot above.
In the screen shot above, Turnpike has been shared off of a server with the server name Bob55 and has been mapped to drive E:\ on the client.

In order to install the client, we need to locate the folder Workstat that is highlighted in the screen shot above.
Within the folder, you should see the contents as in the next screen shot.

In order to start the workstation installation on the client machine, run the setup.exe file.
When the installer has started, the first screen of the install wizard looks like the following screen shot.

Click Next

If you wish to change the installation directory, then click on the browse button and then select the new destination directory.
Once you are happy with your selection, then click Next.

Here you should enter the Sign-on name for the user that works at that client machine.
The username must be one of those that you created earlier on in the Turnpike program.
Click Next.
The file copying process will start.

As you can see this window is confirming that the installation procedure was successful, and it also reminds you that the user name that you have entered must have been created on the server by the Turnpike Administrator. Once you select the Finish button, the installation will be complete and the Turnpike Workstation program will run automatically. You will then need to repeat the above procedure for the rest of your client machines on the network. If at any point in the future you decide to upgrade your version of Turnpike, then please bear in mind that you will need to upgrade all of the client machines as well as the server, following the same procedures and methods as described in this document.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

These walkthroughs have been provided only in order to assist you and are intended for use in conjunction with your computer and Multi-user version of Turnpike. These walkthroughs are available for use at the user's own risk and we accept no liability whatsoever for any loss you may incur arising out of your use of these walkthroughs. You expressly accept this by following the walkthroughs. If you have difficulty following these walkthroughs, please contact our customer support service on the number given below.

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