Use the iFolder Account Assistant to add and configure a new account. You must configure at least one iFolder account before you can create iFolders or share iFolders on your system. You can create only one account for any given iFolder host service, but you can have multiple accounts. You can log in separately to each account and be logged in concurrently to multiple accounts.
Multiple users with different local login identities can have iFolders on the same computer. iFolder prompts the active user to set up an account on the first time the iFolder client runs under that local user identity.
To configure a new account:
Access the
, using one of the following methods:Follow the on-screen instructions to specify the following values:
Verify that the information you entered is correct, return to previous pages to make corrections if necessary, then click
to validate the settings by logging in to the iFolder server.If you are prompted to
, click to review the certificate information, then click to accept it if it is good.If you do not accept the certificate, you cannot connect to the server.
On successful connection, click
to close the iFolder Account Assistant.iFolder synchronizes the user list for the specified account and identifies iFolders that are available for download. This initial download can take a few seconds to a few minutes, depending on the size of the user list for the account.
Verify that the account you set up appears in the list of accounts
Right-click
the iFolder application icon in
the Notification area, then select from
the menu to open the dialog
box to the tab.
When you are connected to the iFolder server, the
check box is selected.Close the iFolder Preferences dialog box.
Set up iFolders for the account using either of these methods.