Avira Security Management Center | HowTo
Status: March 2010
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The access from the SMC Server to the hidden filesharing “C$“ of the clients
has to be possible (\\<IP address Client\c$\).
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For a smooth installation via the SMC a network wide, standardised user
account is indispensable.
The installation of the SMC Agents via the SMC is done by clicking in the security
environment on the corresponding client/group with the right mouse button and
choosing “Installation”
“AntiVir SMC Agent“
“Install”.
The computers on which the SMC Agent is installed have to be powered on and
Windows has to be activated!
The following authentication window appears:
Illustration 8: SMC Agent Installation
Enter an existing user with administrative rights on the client into the field “user
name” and a corresponding “password”. For linux clients f. ex. the user “root”.
In case the account of the SMC server service also exists on the clients
(standardised local administrator login, domain administrator, …) you can also
choose the option “Use the current account of the server”.
For the installation via SSH (linux clients) you can additionally use SSH key for
the authentication. For this purpose choose the option “Use SSH public/private
key authentication” and enter the corresponding key.
After the successful installation of the SMC Agent the client will be shown with a
green icon in the security environment (communication is working):
