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section.
In addition, users can choose to provide the ESET virus laboratory team with supplementary information using the
‘sa mples_pro vider_ma il’ and/or ‘sa mples_pro vider_coun try’ configuration options. The information collected using these options
will assist in providing the ESET team with an overview about a given infiltration which may be spreading over the Internet.
For more information on the Samples Submission System, refer to the esets_d a em o n (8 ) man page.
6.6 Web Interface
The Web Interface allows user-friendly configuration, administration and license management of ESET Security systems. This
module is a separate agent and must be explicitly enabled. To quickly configure the W eb Interfa ce , set the following options in
the ESETS configuration file and restart the ESETS daemon:
[wwwi]
agent_enabled = yes
listen_addr = address
listen_port = port
username = name
password = pass
Replace the text in italics with your own values and direct your browser to ‘h ttp s://a dd ress:p ort’ (note the https). Login with
‘u sern a me/pa sswo rd’ . Basic usage instructions can be found on the help page and technical details about esets_wwwi can be
found on the esets_wwwi(1 ) man page.
The web interface allows you to remotely access the ESETS daemon and deploy it easily. This powerful utility makes it easy to
read and write configuration values.
Figure 6-1. ESET Security for Linux - Home screen.
The web interface window of ESET Mail Security is divided into two main sections. The primary window, that serves to display
the contents of the selected menu option and the main menu. This horizontal bar on the top lets you navigate between the
following main options:
Hom e - provides basic system and ESET product information
L icenses - is a license management utility, see the following chapter for mode details
Config ura t ion - you can change the ESET Mail Security system configuration here
Control - allows you to run simple tasks and view global statistics about objects processed by esets_daemon
Help - provides detailed usage instructions for the ESET Mail Security web interface
L o g out - use to end your current session
6.6.1 License management
You can upload a new license using the Web interface, as shown in Figure 6-2.
If you want to display licenses in the console, use the following command:
/usr/sbin/esets_lic --list
If you want to import new license files, use the following command:
/usr/sbin/esets_lic --import *.lic