Sun Secure Global Desktop 4.5 to be released on May 12, 2009

The latest news of the new SSGD version was announced on the SSGD Forum by Jeff Jameson. 

Download version of 4.5 will be available at release on May 12, 2009. GA and the availability of the media kit is slated for May 26th, 2009.
The 4.5 documentation is already available on Suns Documentation site:

• Release Notes
• User Guide
• Installation Guide
• Administration Guide
• Gateway Administration Guide

Prepare system users before installation

The Installation Guide of Sun Secure Global Desktop 4.41 states:

The system must have ttaserv and ttasys users and a ttaserv group before you can install SGD.

The commands to create these users are described in the Installation Guide, but there might be a simpler way to create them.

Last week I performed an installation and thought the users had been created. After the hitting the "Enter"-key for the installation I got a message stating the ttasys and ttaserv users could not be found and to create these users the following command can be performed:

/tmp/SGDCreateUsers.sh

Just run this script to create the ttasys and ttaserv users including the ttaserv group. Re-issue the installation command and continue with the installation process.

So installing is getting simpler and simpler. Almost so simple no Manual needs to be used, but I advise to always use the Installation Guide open during installation. Especially the Operation System Modifications page.