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adopts settings from the
Set Default Logon for E-mail and Logon Script
settings in the
Remote Install
tab.
Click
Logon...
to specify the user name and password of the account under which the installation of the package is
to be performed. It must be an account with administrator rights or, preferably, a domain administrator account.
NOTE:
Values inserted in the
Logon...
dialog window are forgotten after each service (ERAS) restart.
6.2.5
Custom remote install
It is not a requirement to use the tools incorporated in ESET Remote Administrator. In the end, the most important
aspect is to deliver and execute the einstaller.exe file on client workstations.
NOTE:
For einstaller.exe to launch, the currently logged in user does not necessarily have to be an administrator. The agent
adopts the required administrator user name / password / domain from the ERAS. For more information, see the end of this
chapter.
The einstaller.exe
file can be obtained as follows:
•
From the
Remote Install
tab, click
Export...
and select the
Type
and name of the
Package
to be installed.
•
Click the
...
button next to
Folder
and select the directory where einstaller.exe
will be exported.
•
Click the
Export to Folder
button.
•
Use the extracted einstaller.exe file.
NOTE:
The “Direct installation with predefined XML configuration” method can be used in situations where it is possible to
provide administrator rights for the installation. The .msi package is launched using the parameter
/qn
(for the version 3) or the
parameter
/silentmode
(for the version 2). These parameters will run the installation without displaying a user interface.
During the process of remote installation, backward connection to ERAS takes place and the agent (einstaller.exe)
adopts settings from the
Set Default Logon for E-mail and Logon Script
settings in the
Remote Install
tab.
Click
Logon...
to specify the user name and password of the account under which the installation of the package is
to be performed. It must be an account with administrator rights or, preferably, the domain administrator account.
If the einstaller.exe
agent is started manually on a target workstation, the remote installation is handled in the
following way:
•
The einstaller.exe
agent sends a request to ERAS (TCP port 2224)
•
ERAS starts a push installation of the corresponding package (sent via the share
admin$
)
•
The installation of the package is launched, applying the associated .xml configuration and command line
parameters under the account defined in ERAS (the
Logon...
button)
6.3 The einstaller.exe agent in detail
Each package is automatically assigned an ESET Remote Installer agent, which allows for seamless installation and
communication between target workstations and ERAS. The ESET Remote Installer agent is named einstaller.exe
and contains the following information:
•
Name of ERA Server (+IP address of ERAS)
•
Name and type of install package
The remote installation process using the einstaller.exe agent has two phases. First, the smaller installer (about 200
KB) einstaller.exe
is delivered to a workstation. If all requirements are met, the agent initiates downloading of the
entire install package (several MB) from ERAS.
The activity of the einstaller.exe agent is logged to the file %
TEMP%\einstaller.log
and if technically feasible, back to
the ERA Server (target TCP port is 2224).
