Kofax Front-Office Server 3.0 - Manual (Page 21)

Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide
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6 Copy the file to the \conf folder on each machine in a cluster.
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Stop and restart Kofax Front-Office Server on each machine in the cluster.
Configuring a Watched Folder
Note
The watched folder feature is deprecated in Kofax Front-Office Server 2.7.
In the Web Client, users can select a watched folder for bringing documents into their Inbox. Files
that are copied into the folder are automatically imported into the Web Client. Each user can select
a folder on a network share or on that user’s local computer.
Users can select a watched folder in the Web Client, but users will need your help to assign the
Input Watcher permission, and to share the folder and set the proper permissions. This section
provides guidelines and a sample procedure. Refer to the Windows documentation for more
information about performing these procedures. Refer to the the Web Client Help for instructions
on selecting a watched folder.
Sharing a Watched Folder
Do the following to enable the use of watched folders:
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In the Administration Console, assign users and groups who will use the watched folder to
a role that has Input Watcher as an associated KFS Web Client permission.
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Set up the watched folder as a shared folder so that files can be copied into it from users
and services such as fax importers. Grant the user accounts Full Control permissions. You
can limit access to only the user accounts that need it.
If the watched folder is on a system other than the server, change the user account used to run the
KofaxServer service to one that has access to the shared folder. You need to restart Kofax Front-
Office Server after changing the user account.
If users want to use a folder on their local computer, have them do the following:
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Make sure that their computer is on the same domain as Kofax Front-Office Server. The
watched folder cannot be on a different domain.
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Share the folder so it is accessible by the user account that runs the KofaxServer service. If
they want to limit access, have them add the appropriate user account as a user for that
shared folder.
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Grant at least Read permissions to the appropriate user account. If users want to delete
documents automatically after they have been successfully uploaded, also have them grant
Modify permissions to the user account.
Specifying the Watched Folder Path
When users specify the watched folder in the Web Client, they must specify a UNC path or a local
path on the server. If users want to use a shared folder on their computer, they need to use a UNC
path to their shared folder.