Control the DirectConnect server configuration through the server configuration file.
The server configuration file, server.cfg, is a data group that defines individual properties. As the system administrator, you can use DirectConnect Manager or a standard text editor to set, change, add, or delete property values in the configuration file.
You can use a text editor to configure your DirectConnect server, however, Sybase recommends that you use DirectConnect Manager to change the properties interactively.
Because each server configuration property already has a default value, you do not need to specify a property or a value for that property in the server configuration file unless you want to modify the default. A blank configuration file means that default values are in use for all properties that affect the server process. Add an entry to the configuration file only to change a property value to something other than the default.
If you change a value, you must correctly specify the new one to start the server. Be sure that any change you make to a property default value is within the range indicated for that property. Failure to do so results in an error condition.