

Run the following command to configure the Sophos installer with the needed credentials for your Sophos Enterprise server, with the fallback option of updating from the update feed hosted by Sophos:

Change directory location with the following command:Ĭd /path/to/ESCOSX/Sophos\ Installer.app/Contents/MacOSĥ. Copy the ESCOSX folder available on that fileshare from your Sophos server to somewhere convenient on your Mac.Ĥ.

Connect to the following server address (substitute the hostname of your server where appropriate):Ģ. Smb:///SophosUpdate/CIDs/S000Ĭredentials to mount the SophosUpdate share on your Sophos Enterprise serverĬredentials to download Sophos updates from Sophos, in the event that the Sophos AV client is unable to connect to your Sophos Enterprise serverĬonfiguring the Sophos AntiVirus installer applicationġ. The Sophos installer application should be available inside from your Sophos Enterprise server using an address similar to that shown below: For the details, see below the jump.Ī copy of the Sophos Installer application and the Sophos Installer Components directory from your Sophos server. Using the information from the KBase article, I was able to update my existing method for building an installer package for deploying Sophos Enterprise Anti-Virus for Mac 9.2.x. Sophos has a KBase article about pre-configuring their installer application with the AutoUpdate settings, but I also wanted to be able to deploy Sophos using an installer package. I had previously written about deploying Sophos Enterprise Anti-Virus for Mac 9.2.x, but I was recently notified that the method I had been using would stop working in a future release of Sophos.
