HP UX Kernel Cryptographic Module (KCM) 2 Installing HP-UXKCM

This chapter discusses the installation procedure for HPUX-KCM.

IMPORTANT: HP-UX KCM 1.0 requires approximately 1.5 MB of disk space after installation.

To install HP-UX KCM:

1.Log in as root.

2.Download HPUX-KCM from the HP Software Depot.

3.Save the HPUX-KCM depot as a local file on the target system. For example:

in </tmp/HPUX-KCM>.depot

4.Verify the depot file on your system using the following command: $ swlist -d@ /tmp/HPUX-KCM.depot

5.If the HPUX-KCM depot file is correctly stored on the system, a message similar to the following is displayed after executing the command:

#swlist -d @ /tmp/HPUX-KCM.depot

#Initializing...

#Contacting target "my_host"...

#Target: my_host:/tmp/HPUX-KCM.depot

#Bundle(s):

HPUX-KCM A.01.00.00 HP-UX Kernel Cryptographic Module

6.Install HPUX-KCM using an interactive swinstall session or the following swinstall command:

$ swinstall -s /tmp/HPUX-KCM.depot HPUX-KCM

The swinstall utility will install the HPUX-KCM components.

7.Verify the installation using the following command: $ swverify HPUX-KCM

If HPUX-KCM is installed correctly on the system, the swverify command will include the following text in the data it reports:

*Verification succeeded