AVIRA ANTIVIR UNIX MAILGATE, User Manual

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Graphical User Interface (GUI)
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7 Graphical User Interface (GUI)
7.1 Overview
The graphical user interface (GUI) assists you in operating and configuring AntiVir
MailGate and graphically displays the monitoring process. AntiVir MailGate is
fully functional and configurable even without GUI. The interface is an
independent application that can start and stop without influencing AntiVir
MailGate.
You need Java 1.4.0 or higher to use the GUI.
Permissions
You do not need root permissions. You can use the program with GUI as a normal
user.
However, you must belong to the "antivir" group created during the installation.
X
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:
X
type:
/usr/bin/groups
Starting X
Start the GUI:
antivir-gui
If this command does not detect the Java installation:
X
create a soft link in
/usr/bin
(as root):
ln -s /PFAD/ZUR/JAVA/INSTALLATION/bin/java /usr/bin
Communication GUI communicates with AntiVir MailGate via SSL through the loopback network
interface. You must specify the following parameters in the configuration file
avmailgate.conf
:
GuiSupport YES
GuiCAFile /usr/lib/AntiVir/gui/cert/cacert.pem
GuiCertFile /usr/lib/AntiVir/gui/cert/server.pem
GuiCertPass antivir_default
If these parameters are missing or invalid, the GUI is not available.