Chapter 4: Before You Install The Software; Preparatory Tasks Before Installing Software; Unix Environments - Entrust nShield Edge Installation Manual

Chapter 4: Before you install the
software
Note: Do not connect the nShield Edge to your computer before installing the Security World
Software.
Uninstall any older versions of Security World Software. See
l
software on page 28.

Preparatory tasks before installing software

Perform any of the necessary preparatory tasks described in this section before installing the Security
World Software.
Adjust your computers power saving setting to prevent sleep mode.
Install Microsoft security updates
Make sure that you have installed the latest Microsoft security updates. Information about Microsoft
security updates is available from http://www.microsoft.com/security/.

Unix Environments

Install operating environment patches
Make sure that you have installed the latest recommended patches. See the documentation supplied
with your operating environment for information.
Users and Groups
The installer automatically creates the following group and users if they do not exist. If you wish to
create them manually, you should do so before running the installer.
Create the following, as required:
The user in the
nfast
l
If you are installing snmp, the
l
directory.
If you are installing the Remote Administration Service, the
l
as the home directory.
/opt/nfast
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group, using
nfast /opt/nfast
user in the
ncsnmpd
Appendix A: Uninstalling existing
as the home directory.
group, using
ncsnmpd /opt/nfast
user in the
raserv
as the home
group, using
raserv
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