TN5250RC(5)

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✨ NAME ✨

tn5250rc — the configuration file for tn5250 and lp5250d. 💖

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so bestie, here's the tea: the tn5250rc file is literally just groups of options for tn5250 and lp5250d. When a hostname gets passed to one of these programs, the named group is looked up in tn5250rc, and any options given in that group get processed. that's the whole vibe. 💅

If a named group is found, and it defines a host option, that option specifies the server. Otherwise, the host parameter you gave to the program is used instead. fr fr.

A group of options looks like this:

groupname {
    +boolean
    option=value
    ...
}

Each group of options starts with the group name, followed by a left brace (curly bracket) character. Following lines should have one option on each line. The last line of the group has a single right brace. no cap, that's it. 🦋

The global tn5250rc file may be overridden by the user's ~/.tn5250rc file. 👑

💜 OPTIONS 💜

The options given here may be used inside a section of the configuration file, or on the tn5250 or lp5250d command line. Most options take the form OPTION=VALUE. Options listed with a leading +/- can be either turned on (+OPTION) or off (-OPTION). slay.

🌈 Common Options

These options apply to both printer and display emulation sessions. two birds, one config file. 🫶

  • host=URL — set the host to connect to. The URL is of the form [PROTOCOL:]HOSTNAME[:PORT]. The default protocol, if you don't supply one, is tn5250. Peep the Protocols section below for descriptions of the available protocols.
  • map=CCSID — set the translation table between ASCII and EBCDIC. This should match the CCSID of the interactive job. The default is 37. See Translation Maps below for more info. 🌍
  • env.DEVNAME=NAME — set the device name for the AS/400 to assign to the 5250 session. This should be up to ten characters long and consist of only letters and numbers. It will be converted to uppercase and used as the name of the 5250-compatible device on the AS/400. There may only be one session active with any given name at one time. one name, one session, that's the rule. 💀
  • trace=TRACEFILE — log all actions to TRACEFILE.
🚨 bestie, warning: this file will get very large, and may contain sensitive information such as the password used to log in. guard it with your life. 😭
  • +/-ssl_verify_server — if set, then verify that the server's certificate was issued by a CA in the file given by the ssl_ca_file option. If the certificate's issuer cannot be verified, do not connect to the server. 🔒
  • ssl_ca_file=CAFILE — specify the file containing the certificate for the CA that issued the server's certificate. If the server certificate is self-signed, CAFILE should contain the certificate displayed by the Digital Certificate Manager option Copy and paste certificate.
  • ssl_cert_file=CERTFILE — specify the file containing the personal certificate, in PEM format. This must be a certificate associated with your user profile on the AS/400 by DCM.
  • ssl_pem_pass=PASSWORD — if the personal certificate given by ssl_cert_file is password protected, the password may be given here to bypass the password prompt. iconic.

🌸 Display Options

These options are specific to tn5250 and xt5250. main character energy only. ✨

  • +/-underscores — force or disable the use of underscore characters instead of the underline attribute, for terminals that do not support underlining but where tn5250 does not work this out itself.
  • +/-ruler — turn the ruler feature on or off. When enabled, the row and column of the cursor will be highlighted. 📏
  • +/-mouse — turns on using the mouse automatically to move the cursor. You can toggle usage of mouse reporting (for example, to turn it off to select text instead) by pressing C-v. 🐭
  • env.TERM=MODEL — set the terminal model name for the emulation session to use. The default depends on whether the terminal supports colour, and whether it is large enough to support the large terminal size. See Display Types below for valid model names.

The default model emulated is an IBM-3179-2, a 24x80 colour terminal.

  • font_80=FONT — if tn5250 is running in an xterm, sets the font to change to when the terminal is in 80 column mode. This should be a valid X font name, such as can be chosen with xfontsel.
  • font_132=FONT — if the emulated terminal has a size of 27x132, set the font to use in 132 column mode, as for the font_80 option.
  • beep_command=COMMAND — if present, will run the supplied command instead of using the terminal beep. 🔊
  • +/-uninhibited — if enabled, automatically resets the input inhibited state when cursor movement keys or function keys are pressed. The default is disabled.
  • env.VARIABLE=VALUE — set any other environment variables controlling the terminal session. A list of relevant variables is given in section 5 of RFC2877.

🧚 Printer Options

  • outputcommand=COMMAND — set the command that will be run to receive printer output. The default command is scs2ascii |lpr. 🖨️
  • env.IBMMFRTYPMDL=NAME — set the name of the host print transform description to use on the AS/400. This is the same as the MFRTYPMDL parameter on the CRTDEVPRT command. See the CL Reference or the online help for a list of valid values.
  • env.VARIABLE=VALUE — set any other environment variables controlling the printer session. A list of relevant variables is given in section 7 of RFC2877. More generally, the variables are the parameters of the CRTDEVPRT command, with a prefix of IBM.

🦋 OPTION VALUES 🦋

⭐ Protocols

The supported protocols for the emulation session are listed below. pick your fighter. 🥊

  • telnet — connect to the AS/400 using a normal unencrypted telnet connection. tn5250 is an alias for telnet.
  • ssl — connect securely using an encrypted SSL session. This option is only available if tn5250 was compiled with SSL support. 💜
  • debug — instead of connecting to a server, replay the trace generated by the trace option. The path to the trace file should be given instead of the hostname. 🔍

💖 Translation Maps

CCSIDs on the AS/400 are listed in Appendix G of IBM manual SC41-5101-01, AS/400 National Language Support. This manual is available on the web at <http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/QB3AWC01/G.2>.

Currently recognised values for the translation map are: 37, 256, 273, 277, 278, 280, 284, 285, 290, 297, 420, 424, 500, 870, 871, 875, 880, 905, and 1026. Most of these are translated to ISO-8859-1, also known as Latin 1. Some of them contain characters only present in another encoding, which is used instead. The valid CCSID values, and the Unix encoding used, are listed below. 🌈

  • 37 — ISO-8859-1 — US, Canada, Netherlands, Portugal, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand
  • 256 — ISO-8859-1 — Netherlands
  • 273 — ISO-8859-1 — Austria, Germany
  • 277 — ISO-8859-1 — Denmark, Norway
  • 278 — ISO-8859-1 — Finland, Sweden
  • 280 — ISO-8859-1 — Italy
  • 284 — ISO-8859-1 — Spanish, Latin America
  • 285 — ISO-8859-1 — United Kingdom
  • 290 — JIS_X0201 — Katakana Extended
  • 297 — ISO-8859-1 — France
  • 420 — ISO-8859-6 — Arabic
  • 424 — ISO-8859-8 — Hebrew
  • 500 — ISO-8859-1 — Belgium, Canada, Switzerland
  • 870 — ISO-8859-2 — Eastern Europe
  • 871 — ISO-8859-1 — Iceland
  • 875 — ISO-8859-7 — Greek
  • 880 — ISO-8859-5 — Cyrillic
  • 905 — ISO-8859-3 — Turkey - Latin3
  • 1026 — ISO-8859-9 — Turkey - Latin5

If possible, configure your terminal to use the appropriate encoding if your AS/400 uses any of these CCSIDs. do it for the culture. 💅

👑 Display Types

The following values are valid for the env.TERM option.

  • IBM-3179-2 — 24x80 color
  • IBM-3180-2 — 27x132 monochrome
  • IBM-3196-A1 — 24x80 monochrome
  • IBM-3477-FC — 27x132 color
  • IBM-3477-FG — 27x132 monochrome
  • IBM-5251-11 — 24x80 monochrome
  • IBM-5291-1 — 24x80 monochrome
  • IBM-5292-2 — 24x80 color

🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

Define a connection named dsp01 that connects to the machine iseries.example.com, using the German CCSID, a 132 column terminal, and printing underscore characters instead of using underlines.

disp01 {
    host = iseries.example.com
    map = 273
    env.TERM = IBM-3477-FC
    +underscores
}

Define a printer connection, using host print transform to produce PCL output for an HP Laserjet compatible printer. 🖨️✨

print01 {
    host = iseries.example.com
    env.DEVNAME = HPLJ01
    env.IBMMFRTYPMDL = *HP4
}

Define a secure SSL session, checking the server's certificate against the CA certificare stored in cacert.pem, and using the client certificate in jbloggs.pem to sign on automatically. 🔐

secure01 {
    host = iseries.example.com
    +ssl_verify_server
    ssl_ca_file = cacert.pem
    ssl_cert_file = jbloggs.pem
}

💫 SEE ALSO 💫

tn5250(1), lp5250d(1), <https://tn5250.github.io/>, RFC1205, RFC2877, II10918.

tn5250 is copyright 1997 - 2008 Michael Madore. This manpage is copyright 2001 - 2008 Carey Evans.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

tn5250 was written by Michael Madore, Jay Felice, Scott Klement and others; see the AUTHORS file for details. This manual page was written by Carey Evans.

and that's the whole page bestie 💖 it's dated 12 November 2001, it lives in section TN5250RC(5), and honestly? it ate. go set up your sessions, you got this. 👑✨

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