The publisher must first be configured to use file synchronization. See File Synchronization for details. When file synchronization is enabled, the property useworkerdownload is set to the location of an authentication file, auth.properties (refer to Step 2 of the previous section). This file must have a default username and password for all the publishers that use file synchronization. The following is the syntax for defining these defaults:

For Distributed File Server Workers, the dedicated worker user account's username and password created previously must be added as a new property in the authentication file auth.properties. This new property includes the site name and authoring application in the following syntax:

For example, a Distributed File Server Worker is set up to publish Creo Parametric files that reside on the file server at site "RemoteSiteA". A dedicated Windchill user account "WorkerAUserName" with password "WorkerAPassword" has been set up, with its Preferred File Server preference set to "RemoteSiteA." In this case, the following property would be added to auth.properties: