Note: For more details on installing and joining the Safeguard Authentication Services client, please see the Safeguard Authentication Services Administration Guide. Commands prefixed with $ must be run by the SAP instance owner account. Commands prefixed with # must be run by root.
To install the Safeguard Authentication Services client and join the Unix system to Active Directory
- Mount the product media or extract the product archive, and change directory to the base directory. For example:# mount /mnt/cdrom; cd /mnt/cdrom 
- Run the preflight program to check for proper connectivity and patch requirements. If failures are reported, see the Safeguard Authentication Services Administration Guide for requirements and troubleshooting instructions.# ./preflight example.com Replace example.com with your Active Directory domain name. 
- Install the Safeguard Authentication Services client.# ./install.sh vasclnt 
- Join the system to Active Directory.# /opt/quest/bin/vastool -u Administrator join --skip-config example.com Where Administrator is an Active Directory user with rights to join and example.com is your Active Directory domain name. Note: Ignore any license warnings reported from the join process. These are not relevant to SSO for SAP. 
