Main Menu and Toolbar

The main menu and toolbar of the administration interface provide options for configuring and managing Sites, Settings Templates, Groups, Commands, Folders, Certificates, and Reports.

Below is a description of each of the main menu options and toolbar icons. (Certain options are available only in EFT Enterprise.)

Menu Option

Sub Menu Option

Toolbar

Shortcut

Description

File

Connect to EFT

ALT+F+C

Opens the Connect to EFT dialog box in which you can log in to the selected the Server.

 

Disconnect from Server

ALT+F+D

 

Disconnects from EFT, but leaves the administration interface open.

 

Start Server Service

-

ALT+F+I

 

Starts the EFT service.

 

Stop Server Service

-

ALT+F+P

Stops the EFT service.

 

Drain Server

-

-

Halts NEW incoming connections and event rule activity for all sites.

 

Backup Server Configuration

(Available only in EFT Enterprise.)

-

-

Opens a Save As dialog box in which you can specify a location to save a *.bak file of the current configuration.

 

Restore Server Configuration

(Available only in EFT Enterprise.)

-

ALT+F+F

 

Opens the EFT Migration Wizard in which you specify the *.bak file to restore EFT configuration.

 

Start All Sites

ALT+F+A

Starts all Sites on a selected EFT. Only available if one or more Sites are stopped.

 

Stop All Sites

ALT+F+L

Stops all Sites on a selected EFT. Only available if one or more Sites are running.

 

Start Site

-

ALT+F+T

Starts the selected Site. Only available if the Site is stopped.

 

Stop Site

-

ALT+F+O

Stops the selected Site. Only available if the Site is running.

 

New User

CTRL+U

Opens the New User Creation wizard in which you can define a new user.

 

New Site

-

CTRL+N

Opens the Site Setup wizard in which you can define a new Site. The first page of the wizard provides the option of creating a standard Site or a Site created using the "strict security settings" option.

 

New Server

-

ALT+F+S

Opens the New Administrator Connection wizard in which you can create a new Server.

 

New Server Group

 

ALT+F+G

 

Opens the Create New Group dialog box in which you can define a new Server Group.

 

Kick Selected User

-

ALT+F+K

Forcibly logs off a selected user.

 

Remove User

-

 

ALT+F+U

Deletes selected user.

 

Remove Site

-

ALT+F+R

Opens a confirmation dialog box asking if you want to remove the selected Site. Also available when right-clicking a Site.

 

Remove Server

 

ALT+F+V

Opens a confirmation dialog box asking if you want to remove the selected EFT. Also available when right-clicking the object in the tree.

 

Remove Server Group

-

ALT+F+M

 

Removes selected Server Group; only available if you have more than one Server Group defined. (WARNING: No confirmation message appears!) Also available when right-clicking a Server.

 

Exit Administrator

-

ALT+F+E

Closes the administration interface. (No confirmation appears.)

Edit

Cut

-

ALT+E+T

Deletes selected text and copies it to the Clipboard.

 

Copy

-

ALT+E+C

Copies selected text to the Clipboard.

 

Paste

-

ALT+E+P

Pastes text from the Clipboard to a selected editable text area in the EFT administration interface.

 

Server Service Settings

-

ALT+E+S

Opens the Server Service Settings dialog box, in which you can view the status of, start, and stop the EFT service or connect to a remote the Server service.

 

Global Settings

-

ALT+E+G
or ALT+F7

Opens the Server Global Settings dialog box in which you can specify whether to prompt on administrator exit and Enable EFS folder icons.

View

Toolbar

-

ALT+V+T

Displays or hides the toolbar.

 

Status Bar

-

ALT+V+S

Displays or hides the Status bar on the bottom of the administration interface.

 

Refresh User Database

 

ALT+V+D

Connects to the user database and updates EFT. For more details, refer to Configuring EFT to Automatically Update the Authentication Database and Changing the User Database Refresh Rate for a Site. The user list is not refreshed automatically when a Site is stopped for Server startup; user database synchronization timer; or administrator changes related to the user database.

 

Refresh

ALT+V+H

(or F5)

Refreshes the display to the last saved state.

Configuration

New User

ALT+C+U

(or CTRL+U)

Opens the New User Creation wizard in which you can define a new user.

 

New Site

-

ALT+C+I

(or CTRL+N)

Opens the Site Setup wizard in which you can define a new Site. The first page of the wizard provides the option of creating a standard Site or a Site created using the "strict security settings" option.

 

New Server

 

ALT+C+S

Opens the New Administrator Connection wizard in which you can create a new Server.

 

New Settings Template

ALT+C+L

(or CTRL+L)

Opens the Create New Settings Template dialog box in which you can define a new Settings Template.

 

New Permissions Group

ALT+C+G

(or CTRL+G)

Opens the Create New Group dialog box in which can define a new Permission Group.

 

New Server Group

 

ALT+C+O

Opens the Create New Group dialog box in which you can define a new Server Group.

 

New Command

ALT+C+C

(or CTRL+M)

Opens the Custom Command wizard in which you can create a custom Command for use in Event Rules.

 

New  Workflow

(Available only in EFT Enterprise.)

-

ALT+C+A

Opens the Create a Workflow dialog box.

 

New Connection Profile

-

-

Opens New Connection Profile dialog box

 

New Event Rule Folder

-

-

Opens New Event Rule Folder dialog box

 

New Event Rule

-

ALT+C+R

Opens the Create New Event Rule dialog box in which you can select an Event trigger.

 

New Virtual Folder

ALT+C+V

Opens the New Virtual Folder dialog box in which you can provide a name for and create a new virtual folder.

 

New Physical Folder

ALT+C+W

Opens the Create Folder dialog box in which you can provide a name for and create a new physical folder.

 

Reset Subfolders

-

ALT+C+S

Available only on the VFS tab, used to reset all subfolders of a particular parent folder to inherit permissions from that parent.

 

Rename Selected

-

ALT+C+M

(or F2)

Enables a selected object for renaming.

 

Delete Selected

ALT+C+D

(or Delete)

A confirmation message appears asking if you want to delete the selected object.

 

Set Settings Template

ALT+C+T

Assigns the selected user to a Settings Template.

 

Apply Changes

ALT+C+A

(or F9 or F5)

Updates EFT with any changes. (Same as clicking Apply.)

 

Undo Changes

 

ALT+C+U

Reverts to the last applied change.

Tools

Create SSL Certificate

ALT+T+C

Opens the Create SSL Certificate wizard in which you can create a self-signed certificate, private key, and certificate request file (.csr).

 

Sign SSL Certificate

ALT+T+S

Opens the Certificate Signing Utility in which you can sign a client's certificate request file (.csr).

 

Manage SSL Certificates

ALT+T+M

Opens the Certificate Manager in which you can manage trusted and pending certificates.

 

Create SSH Key Pair

-

ALT+T+H

Opens the Create SH2 Public/Private Key pair wizard, in which you can create a server or client key pair.

 

Manage SSH Keys

ALT+T+K

Opens the SSH Key Manager in which you can view, rename, create, import, and delete SSH Keys.

 

Create OpenPGP Keys

-

ALT+T+G

Opens the OpenPGP Key Generation wizard in which you can create the public and private keyring pair.

 

Manage OpenPGP Keys

ALT+T+Y

Opens the OpenPGP Keyring manager in which you can view, create, import, export, and delete OpenPGP Keyrings.

 

OpenPGP Keyring Settings

-

ALT+T+P

Opens the OpenPGP Settings dialog box in which you can browse for a select the public and private keyring file paths.

Reports

 

New Report

ALT+R+N

Opens the Create New Report dialog box in which you provide a name for the new report. After you click OK, the VSReport Designer appears in which you can define the new report.

 

Edit Report

ALT+R+E

Opens the selected report in the VSReport designer for you to edit it.

 

Delete Report

-

ALT+R+D

Displays a confirmation message asking you to confirm (Yes/No) whether you want to delete the selected report.

 

Save Report

-

-

Opens the Save As dialog box in which you can name the report and specify where to save it. The default location is C:\Program Files\Globalscape\EFT.

 

Import Report

-

 

ALT+R+I

Opens the Open dialog box in which you can browse for a report to import.

 

Export Report

-

ALT+R+X

Opens the Save As dialog box in which you can name the report and specify where to save it. The default location is C:\Program Files\Globalscape\EFT\Reports. For details of exporting reports, refer to Exporting a Report in XML Format and Exporting and Publishing a Report in the Report Designer.

 

Run PCI DSS Compliance Report

-

ALT+R+R

Generates the PCI DSS Compliance Report in HTML format

Window

Report

-

ALT+W+R

(or ALT+1)

Opens the Report tab.

 

Status

-

ALT+W+S

(or ALT+2)

Opens the Status tab.

 

VFS

-

ALT+W+V

(or ALT+3)

Opens the VFS tab.

 

Server

-

ALT+W+E

(or ALT+4)

Opens the Server tab.

Help

Help Contents

-

ALT+H+C

Opens this Help file.

 

Online Knowledge Base

-

ALT+H+K

Opens the Globalscape Knowledge Base, https://kb.globalscape.com/.

 

Online Support

-

ALT+H+S

Opens the Globalscape Help Center Web page, https://www.globalscape.com/support/contact-us.

 

Provide Feedback

-

ALT+H+P

Opens the Globalscape Customer Support Contact Us page, https://www.globalscape.com/support/contact-us.

 

Activate EFT Enterprise

-

ALT+H+S

Opens the EFT Registration Wizard.

 

Activate Advanced Security Module

-

ALT+H+I

Opens the EFT Registration Wizard.

 

Activate AWE Module

-

ALT+H+M

Opens the EFT Registration Wizard.

 

Activate Auditing and Reporting Module

-

ALT+H+D

Opens the EFT Registration Wizard.

 

Activate OpenPGP Module

-

ALT+H+O

Opens the EFT Registration Wizard.

 

Activate AS2 Module

-

ALT+H+M

Opens the EFT Registration Wizard.

 

Activate DMZ Gateway Module

-

ALT+H+D+D

Opens the EFT Registration Wizard.

 

Activate Workspaces Module

-

-

Opens the EFT Registration Wizard.

 

Activate Accelerate Module

-

-

Opens the EFT Registration Wizard.

 

Activate Remote Agent Module

-

-

Opens the EFT Registration Wizard.

 

Request Trial Extension

-

ALT+H+R

Opens the Trial Extension Request dialog box.

 

Enter Trial Extension Response

-

ALT+H+E

Opens the Trial Extension Response dialog box.

 

About EFT

-

ALT+H+A

Opens the About dialog box.