Installing GSKit on AIX

Before you configure the core components to run as non-root on AIX®, you must install the IBM® Global Secure ToolKit (GSKit).

Make sure you have version 8.0.50.87 or later of the GSKit, an IBM cryptography software that enables Secure Socket Layer (SSL) communication. The GSKit is provided with the Network Manager installation package.

Before running the setup_run_as_setuid_root.sh or setup_run_as_capabilities.sh script, you must install GSKit into the /usr/lib directory. Processes running as setuid do not use the LIBPATH environment variable, and so cannot use the GSKit if it is installed into a sub-directory of $NCHOME.

To install GSKit on AIX into /usr/lib using the installp command, complete the following tasks.

  1. Log on as the root user.
  2. Change to the following directory: $NCHOME/precision/scripts/.
  3. Open a command prompt and enter the following commands. 
    installp -acgXd . GSKit8.gskcrypt64.ppc.rte
    installp -acgXd . GSKit8.gskssl64.ppc.rte

    Where -a stands for apply, -c stands for commit, -g automatically installs or commits any requisite software product, -X expands the filesystem if necessary, and -d specifies the location of the installation media.