topic Re: Remove Keon from server in Operating System - HP-UX

Remove Keon from server

N Richardson — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:42:24 GMT

I need to remove keon from an HP server. Please can any one suggest the cleanest way to do this .

Many thanks

Re: Remove Keon from server

Horia Chirculescu — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:49:21 GMT

Hello,

What is Keon? The documentation of this should help.

Horia.

Re: Remove Keon from server

Pete Randall — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:14:21 GMT

As is usual in the removal business, reversing the install process is generally the best way so I must ask "how did keon (whatever it is) get there"?

Does it appear in swlist output? Then you would use swremove. If not, does it have it's own installation directory tree, startup config, etc. If so, you will have to track these things down and remove them manually. Or - it might even have it's own removal process, like windoze programs usually do!

Pete

Re: Remove Keon from server

N Richardson — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:16:55 GMT

keon is a product which adds a layer of security to a system. You can have a keon master server which administers passwords and can be set to allow only certain IP addresses to login to certain servers. A little like a simple form of active directory. Unfortunately that is about the limit of my knowledge and I do not have any documentation on it. The product is sometimes known as â boksmâ Thanks for your reply

Re: Remove Keon from server

Horia Chirculescu — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:26:16 GMT

>You can have a keon master server which administers passwords and can be set to allow only certain IP addresses to login to certain servers.

Sounds to me that you for sure you would need the documentation for keon.

If some server from the network would manage the passwords, should be a real problem if you would remove the client that connects to that server, letting your users without the accounting information.

Only understanding the documentation of this product would help you remove it safely from your server.

Horia.

Re: Remove Keon from server

BUPA IS — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:30:51 GMT

Hello,
Do you mean RSA's Keon? It depends on how it was installed.
In general, if it used swinstall then take a backup with ignite and use swremove.
You can use swlist -l fileset |grep -i keon (or rsa) to see if Software Distributor knows about it, or use swlist -i and scroll through the lists.
If it used an RSA supplied script then there should be and uninstall script with it. Once again take a backup of the operating system then run the script , you may have to seek and remove any data files it managed .

Mike

Re: Remove Keon from server

N Richardson — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:48:46 GMT

The porduct was installed by someone who no longer works for our company and I believe it is RSA keon. It does not apear, unfortunatley in the swlist. Thanks for all your suggestions I will try to find some docs on the product and hopefully it will have left an uninstall file.

Nigel

Re: Remove Keon from server

Sharma Sanjeev — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:31:17 GMT

Hi Richardson

Keon can be uninstalled useing folloeing command.This software is not installed by SWINSTALL.

Log in as root.
/opt/boksm/sbin/boksadm -S
convert server

Backup if required

/opt/boksm, /etc/opt/boksm and /var/opt/boksm in case of back out.

# /sbin/init/boksm stop

# /opt/boksm/sbin/uninstall

Keon/BoKs is now off the machine.

Regards
Sanjeev

Re: Remove Keon from server

N Richardson — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:00:44 GMT

Hi Sanjeev

Very many thanks for your help. This has removed the product completley.
Best Regards
Nigel

Re: Remove Keon from server

Sharma Sanjeev — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:13:07 GMT

Hi N Richardson,

That Sounds good to me.

But their is a way to say thanks in ITRC by Assigning Points to who has given his time to resolve your query :-).
As I can see you are new to ITRC so please assign points :-)

Thanks
Sanjeev

Re: Remove Keon from server

N Richardson — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:17:32 GMT

Hi Sanjeev

You are correct I am new to this. I hope this has assigned the points to you. If now please let me know.

Many thanks

Nigel