HP-UX Password Hashing Infrastructure B.11.23.01 Release Notes, Ed. E002

3 Acquiring and Installing HP-UX PHI

HP-UX PHI is available free of charge from Software Depot:

http://www.software.hp.com

3.1 Acquiring HP-UX PHI

To acquire HP-UX PHI, you must complete the following steps:

1. Go to Software Depot: http://www.software.hp.com.

2. Select Security and manageability. Scroll down and select HP-UX Password Hash

Infrastructure. Read the information on the HP-UX PHI release page.

3. Select Receive for Free >> at the bottom of the page.

4. Enter your registration information.

5. Review and accept the “Warranty” and “Terms and Conditions” statements.

6. Select Download at the bottom of the page and save the HP-UX PHI depot as a local file on

your system, for example, in /tmp/PHI_depotname.depot.

7. Use the following command to verify that the depot file is on your system:

# swlist -s /tmp/PHI_depotname.depot

If the HP-UX PHI depot is on your system, you will see the following message after running

the command:

SHA B.11.23.01 HP-UX Password Hashing Infrastructure

NOTE:

• The depot filename in the previous steps is for example only. The exact HP-UX PHI

depot filename and location may vary.

• Within the HP-UX PHI bundle, the product name will show SHA.

3.2 Installing HP-UX PHI

To install HP-UX PHI on your HP-UX 11i v2 systems, you must complete the following steps.

You do not need to reboot the system to install HP-UX PHI.

1. Review Section 1.6.

2. Download HP-UX PHI as described in Section 3.1.

3. Logon to your system as the root user.

4. Install HP-UX PHI using the following command:

# swinstall -s /tmp/PHI_depotname.depot

The name and location of the HP-UX PHI depot above is for example only—the actual name

and location may vary.

5. [Optional] Reboot your system after installation. If you did not specify the autoreboot flag

at installation, you can reboot manually.

6. Verify the installation using the following command:

#swlist -a state SHA

If the HP-UX PHI bundle is installed on the system, the swlist command will report all

the filesets as configured.

3.1 Acquiring HP-UX PHI 11