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Activate ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux

Activate your ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux using a license obtained from your ESET distributor.

Activate using Terminal

Use the /opt/eset/eea/sbin/lic utility as a privileged user to activate ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux from a Terminal window.

Syntax: /opt/eset/eea/sbin/lic [OPTIONS]


example

Examples

The commands below have to be executed as a privileged user.

Activation via a license key

/opt/eset/eea/sbin/lic -k XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX

or

/opt/eset/eea/sbin/lic --key XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX

while XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX represents your ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux License Key.

Activation using an EBA , EMA or ESET PROTECT Hub account

1.Execute:

/opt/eset/eea/sbin/lic -u your@username

where your@username represents your EBA, EMA or ESET PROTECT Hub account username.

2.Type in your password, and press Enter.

3.List of available ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux licenses and sites (license pool) will display.

4.Execute one of the following commands:

/opt/eset/eea/sbin/lic -u your@username -i site_ID -p XXX-XXX-XXX

while XXX-XXX-XXX represents a public license ID enclosed in square brackets next to each license in the list displayed earlier, site_ID represents an alphanumeric string displayed in square brackets next to each site in the list displayed earlier.

/opt/eset/eea/sbin/lic -u your@username -i site_ID

while site_ID represents an alphanumeric string displayed in square brackets next to each site in the list displayed earlier.

5.Type in your password, and press Enter.

If the username, password and public license ID are stored in a password.txt file, execute the following as a privileged user:

cat password.txt | /opt/eset/eea/sbin/lic -u your@username -p XXX-XXX-XXX --stdin-pass

Activation via an offline license file

/opt/eset/eea/sbin/lic -f offline_license.lf

or

/opt/eset/eea/sbin/lic -FILE=offline_license.lf

Activate using ESET PROTECT

Log in to ESET PROTECT Web interface, navigate to Client Tasks > Product Activation, and follow the instructions on product activation.