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To access the Configuration Editor, start the ERA Console and click
Tools > ESET Configuration Editor
.
3.2.1
Configuration layering
If a value is changed in the Configuration Editor, the change is marked by a blue symbol. Any entry with the
grey icon has not been changed and will not be written to the .xml output configuration. When applying a
configuration to clients, only those modifications which have been saved to the .xml output configuration file will
be applied.
An example is shown below. In this configuration the user name and password are inserted and using a proxy server
is prohibited.
The second configuration (shown below) sent to clients will ensure that previous modifications are preserved,
including the user name EAV-12345678 and password, but will also allow the use of a proxy server, and defines its
address and port.
3.2.2
Key configuration entries
In this section, we will explain several of the key configuration entries for ESET Smart Security available through the
ESET Configuration Editor (Tools > ESET Configuration Editor ). To change specific settings, select the option in the
tree structure on the left and change the corresponding
Value
on the right.
•
Kernel > Setup > Remote administrator
Here you can enable communication between client computers and the ERA Server (
Connect to Remote
Administrator server
). Enter the name or IP address of the ERA Server (
Server address
). The Interval between
connections to server option should be left at the default value of five minutes. For testing purposes, this value can
be decreased to 0, which will establish a connection every ten seconds. If a
Password
is set, use the one which was
