Setting up a local McAfee update repository

We have McAfee VirusScan Enterprise installed on the Windows machines on our network. Instead of all the machines connecting to the Internet and downloading the same updates again and again, we have set up a repositoy with all the McAfee Common Updater files in for the virus scanners to update from. We have managed to make a timed, automated script that downloads only changed files once a day to a central location so that the machines can update. Without this, we would have had to purchase McAfee ePolicy Orchestra, which would do the same job.

Before you start

We need the lftp package installing as this is not installed by default.

• Goto the kickstart menu, System then YaST. Type the root password.
• Goto Software Management.
• Type in the search box lftp and click Search.
• Tick the box next to the package to install it and then click Accept. Accept and dependancies it may need.
• Wait for the installation to complete, then click Finish.

Setting up the system for the repository

• Open a Konsole window.
• Navigate to the /storage drive (cd /storage)
• Make a new folder called McAfee (mkdir McAfee)
• Change the group ownership from root to users (sudo chown root:users /storage/McAfee - Type root password when asked)
• Change permissions so that the group may read and write to the file as well (chmod 760 /storage/McAfee, can be checked with dir)