4.1 Preinstalling the SSL VPN Client Components

You can preinstall SSL VPN client components on the client machine, so that the users can access SSL VPN in Enterprise mode.

4.1.1 Installing Client Components for Linux

  1. On the client machine, download the following RPM from the /var/opt/novell/tomcat5/webapps/sslvpn/linux directory:

    novell-sslvpn-serv.tar.gz

  2. Enter the following command to untar the file:

    tar -zxvf <filename>

  3. Enter the following command to install novl-sslvpn-service-xxx-xx.i586.rpm:

    rpm -ivh <rpm_name>

4.1.2 Installing Client Components for Macintosh

  1. On the client machine, download the following package for the PPC platform from the /var/opt/novell/tomcat5/webapps/sslvpn/MacOS directory:

    novell-sslvpn-serv.tar.gz

  2. On the client machine, download the following package for the Intel* platform from the /var/opt/novell/tomcat5/webapps/sslvpn/Maci386 directory:

    novell-sslvpn-serv.tar.gz

  3. Enter the following command to untar the file:

    tar -zxvf novell-sslvpn-serv.tar.gz

  4. Enter the following command to install the novl-sslvpn-service.pkg package extracted from the tar ball:

    installer -pkg novl-sslvpn-service.pkg -target “/”

4.1.3 Installing Client Components for Windows

  1. On the client machine, download the following file from /var/opt/novell/tomcat5/webapps/sslvpn/windows:

    novl-sslvpn-service-install.exe

  2. Run the .exe file to install the client components.

NOTE:If the Internet Explorer 7 fails to detect the ActiveX component that you have installed and tries to install it again, then it is due to some security level set in the Internet Explorer. Hence Select Force JRE for all Clients Using Internet Browser or modify firefox properties to avoid the failure.