Novell ZENworks Network Access Control 5.0, User Manual

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Configuring the Post-connect Server 389
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To set up a Linux post-connect host:
1 Install Java on a Linux machine if it is not already installed:
1a Log into your Linux machine.
1b Install Java:
1. Navigate to http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp (http://java.sun.com/
javase/downloads/index.jsp) .
2. Download and install the Java 1.5 update 10 or later.
2 Install Python 2.5 or later if it is not already installed:
2a
Log into your Linux machine.
2b Install Python:
1. Navigate to http://www.python.org/download/ (http://www.python.org/download/) .
2. Download and install the Python for UNIX version.
3
Copy the
cacerts
file to the Linux server:
3a Log in the Novell ZENworks Network Access Control MS as
root
using SSH or directly
with a keyboard.
3b Copy the
/usr/local/nac/keystore/cacerts
file from the MS into the
/usr/
local/postconnect/lib
folder on the post-connect server where you extracted the
ZIP file. See Section 1.9, “Copying Files,” on page 28 for information on how to copy
files securely.
4 Log in to the Linux post-connect server.
4a
Modify the startup script:
1. Open the following file with a text editor such as
vi
:
/usr/local/postconnect/bin/postconnect
2. Set the
JAVA_HOME
variable to wherever you have installed Java. For example:
export JAVA_HOME='/opt/jdk1.5.0_10'
3. Save and exit the file.
4. Copy the postconnect file to your
/etc/init.d
folder by entering the following
command at the command line:
cp /usr/local/postconnect/bin/postconnect /etc/init.d/
4b
Edit the
connector.properties
file:
1. Open the
/usr/local
/
postconnect/lib/connector.properties
file
with a text editor such as
vi
.
2. Change the instance name to something recognizable by you. For example:
instance=My Warehouse Sensor
3. Change the product to be the product you are running. For example:
product=IDS Product Name
4. Save and exit the file.