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Graphical User Interface (GUI)
6
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
6.1
Overview
The graphical user interface (GUI) assists you in operating, configuring and
updating AntiVir WebGate and it graphically displays the monitoring process.
AntiVir WebGate is fully functioning and configurable even without GUI. The
interface is an independent application, which can start and stop without
influencing AntiVir WebGate.
You need Java 1.4.0 or higher for using the GUI.
Permissions
You do not need root permissions for using the program with GUI as a normal
user.
However, you must belong to the "antivir" group, created during the installation.
Type (as root):
/usr/sbin/usermod -G group1,group2,group3,antivir
username
group1 - group3 are the groups to which the user belongs,
username is the name of the user.
To set the groups for a user:
Type:
Starting
Start the GUI:
If this command does not detect the Java installation:
Create a soft link in /usr/bin (as root):
Communi-
GUI communicates with AntiVir WebGate via SSL over the loopback network
cation
interface. You must specify the following parameters in the configuration file
avwebgate.conf :
If these parameters are missing or invalid, the GUI is not available.
Eventual errors are recorded in the logfile.
Avira GmbH
/usr/bin/groups
antivir-gui
ln -s /PATH_TO_JAVA_INSTALLATION/bin/java /usr/bin
GuiSupport
GuiCAFile
GuiCertFile
GuiCertPass
GuiRandFile
AntiVir WebGate
yes
/usr/lib/AntiVir/gui/cert/cacert.pem
/usr/lib/AntiVir/gui/cert/server.pem
antivir_default
/dev/urandom
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