B.3 Installation

The SEAS Forwarder zip file will contain the following files:

- seas_forwarder.py

- seas_forwarder.cfg

- README.txt

  1. Create the directory "seas_forwarder". This directory may be placed anywhere you choose.
  2. Install all the three files to "<install path>/seas_forwarder/
  3. Open seas_forwarder.cfg and verify/update the following settings for logging.

    - logEnable

    - logLevel

    - syslogdAddress

    - traceLogFileDir

    - traceLogFileName

    - traceLogFileSize

    - traceBackupCount

    - traceLogEnable

  4. Open seas_forwarder.cfg and verify/update the following settings for the SEAS Server.

    - hostName

    - ipMap

    - serverTimeout

  5. Save the changes to seas_forwarder.cfg.
  6. Check the Permissions before proceeding further. Refer to Grant Permission for this.
  7. Add the SEAS subsystem to the SSH daemon:

    - Edit the SSH daemon configuration file: "/etc/ssh/sshd_config"

    - Add the following line:

    Subsystem seas /<install path>/seas_forwarder/seas_forwarder.py

    - Save and close the file.

  8. Restart the SSH daemon to allow sshd_config file changes to take effect.

    - From the command line, run:

    service sshd restart

    - The service restart will not affect existing SSH sessions.