Issue
- You need to reinstall ESET Management Agent over an existing ESET Management Agent which is protected by a known password
Details
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- The only type of installer where the password can be included is the Agent installer script.
- This solution only works for ESET Management Agent for Windows.
Solution
To create an installer that can override a password-protected agent, you have to create a new (or modify existing) Live installer script:
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Create Agent script Installer, but do not deploy it on a computer yet.
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Extract the downloaded file
PROTECTAgentinstaller.zip
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Open the
PROTECTAgentinstaller.bat
in a simple text editor like Notepad. -
Find the section between lines 30 and 46 where the parameters shown below are selected.
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Add a line between lines 36 and 37 as seen in the image below:
echo.PASSWORD=secret_123 >> "%installConfigFile%"
Substitute the example password secret_123 with the password of your existing ESET Management Agent.
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Save the changes in the file.
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Use this modified installer for the ESET Management Agent re-installation according to step 4 in the ESET PROTECT On-Prem section or step 5 in the ESET PROTECT section of this article.