Linux Environment Settings; Setting Up An Ssh Linux Proxy - Symantec WISE LINUX PACKAGE EDITOR 8.0 - REFERENCE V1.0 Reference

Linux Environment Settings

Setting Up an SSH Linux Proxy

Linux Package Editor Reference
The session log is different from the RPM log file, which logs events during RPM
installation.
See Viewing the Session Log and Warnings
The Linux Environment Settings dialog box, which you access by selecting Tools menu >
Linux Environment Settings, lets you:
Set up a Linux proxy computer.
See Setting Up an SSH Linux
Edit default lists that appear throughout the Linux Package Editor.
See Editing the Default User, Group, Package, and Package Group Lists
Customize the display of the Linux file system throughout the Linux Package Editor
to match your Linux environment.
See Browsing the Linux File System
Setting up a Linux proxy on your Windows computer lets you check the syntax of a
package's shell script with the Linux computer's interpreter, and obtain archive files from
the Linux computer.
Requirements
A Windows SSH client.
The Linux computer must run SSH.
To set up a Linux proxy
1. Set up SSH on your Windows and Linux computers.
a. Install a third-party SSH client tool on the Windows computer.
b. On the Environment Variables dialog box in Windows, add the installation
directory for the SSH client tool in the PATH environment variable. To access
this dialog box:
Select Start > Control Panel> System.
Click the Advanced tab.
Click the Environment Variables button.
c. Use the SSH client tool to connect to the Linux computer.
2. In Linux Package Editor, select Tools menu > Linux Environment Settings.
The Linux Environment Settings dialog box appears.
3. Complete the top portion of the dialog box:
Mark Enable proxy machine for script and package validation.
Machine Address or Name
Enter the name or address of the Linux computer on your network. The format
should be linux.company.com or 0.0.0.0.
Setting Up Linux Package Editor
on page 17.
Proxy.
on page 15.
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