Installing SSH Tectia Client on Windows

The Windows installation packages are provided in the MSI (Microsoft Installer) format. The same package is compatible with the 32-bit (x86) and the 64-bit (x64) versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Vista.

SSH Tectia requires that the operating system includes the following service packs:

Microsoft Windows 2000: Service Pack 4
Microsoft Windows XP: Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003: Service Pack 2.

The online installation package is a zip file containing the license file and the executable Microsoft Installer (MSI) package.

On the CD-ROM, the installation package for Windows is located in the /install/windows/ directory.

You must have administrator rights to install SSH Tectia Client on Windows.

SSH Tectia Client includes support for Entrust certificates on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The necessary libraries are included in the installation automatically.

The installation is carried out by a standard installation wizard. The wizard prompts you for information, copies the program files and sets up the client.

To install SSH Tectia Client on Windows, follow the instructions below:

Online package: Extract the installation zip file contents to any temporary location.

	Note
	The license file will be automatically imported to the correct location, if you extract the contents of the online `.zip` package before running the `.msi` installer, or if you are installing from a CD-ROM.

If you run the .msi installer directly from the online .zip package, you need to manually import the (stc60.dat) license file. The installation wizard will show an error message about missing license file, and when you attempt to start the SSH Tectia Client, you are prompted to import the license manually to the correct directory:

"C:\Program Files\SSH Communications Security\SSH Tectia\SSH Tectia AUX\licenses"

Locate the installation file ssh-tectia-client-<version>-windows.msi (where <version> corresponds to the version and build number, for example 6.0.4.123).
Double-click the installation file, and the installation wizard will start.
Follow the wizard through the installation steps and fill in information as requested.
Select Typical installation. For SSH Tectia Client, it includes the sshg3.exe, scpg3.exe, and sftpg3.exe command-line tools, and the graphical user interface for terminal and file transfer.
To install all components, select Complete when the wizard prompts for the setup type.
When the installation has finished, click Finish to exit the wizard.

The default installation directory is "C:\Program Files\SSH Communications Security\SSH Tectia".

The installation creates a new program group in the Start → Programs menu. The default name for this program group is SSH Tectia Client.

Figure 2.1. The SSH Tectia Client program group

Desktop Icons

During installation, SSH Tectia icons are added to your desktop. There are separate program icons for SSH Tectia Terminal and File Transfer windows. They both start the same application, ssh-client-g3.exe, but the former icon starts with the terminal window and the latter with the file transfer window.

Figure 2.2. The SSH Tectia Terminal icon

Figure 2.3. The SSH Tectia File Transfer icon