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A host may be specified by its host name, domain name, or Internet address. If host is specified, the direc-
tory must be an absolute path. To specify a relative path when no host is specified, the relative path must
start with
./ or ../; otherwise, the specified name is considered as a host.
Target Selections with IPv6 Address
SD commands also support specifying the host as an IPv6 address on HP-UX Release 11i v3, as shown
below:
[host_IPv6_address
][:][/directory ]
If both the hostname and the path are specified, then the first occurrence of a slash (
/) is treated as the
separator.
The IPv6 address can optionally be enclosed in a pair of square brackets (
[) and (]).
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Default Options
In addition to the standard options, you can change SD behaviors and policy options by editing the
default values found in:
/var/adm/sw/defaults
the system-wide default values,
$HOME/.swdefaults
the user-specific default values.
You must use the following syntax to specify values in the defaults file:
[command_name.]option=value
The optional command_name prefix denotes one of the SD commands. Using the prefix limits the change
in the default value to that command. If you leave the prefix off, the change applies to all commands.
You can also override default values from the command line with the
-x or -X
options:
command
-x option =value
command
-X option_file
The following section lists all of the keywords supported by the
swacl command. If a default value
exists, it is listed after the =.
admin_directory=/var/adm/sw
(for normal mode)
admin_directory=/var/home/LOGNAME/sw
(for nonprivileged mode)
The location for SD logfiles and the default parent directory for the installed software
catalog. The default value is
/var/adm/sw for normal SD operations. When SD
operates in nonprivileged mode (that is, when the
run_as_superuser default option
is set to
true):
• The default value is forced to
/var/home/LOGNAME/sw
.
• The path element
LOGNAME is replaced with the name of the invoking user, which
SD reads from the system password file.
• If you set the value of this option to
HOME/path , SD replaces HOME with the invoking
user’s home directory (from the system password file) and resolves path relative to
that directory. For example, HOME/my_admin resolves to the my_admin directory
in your home directory.
• If you set the value of the
installed_software_catalog
default option to a
relative path, that path is resolved relative to the value of this option.
SD’s nonprivileged mode is intended only for managing applications that are specially
designed and packaged. You cannot use this mode to manage the HP-UX operating sys-
tem or patches to it. For a full explanation of nonprivileged SD, see the Software Distri-
butor Administration Guide , available at the
http://docs.hp.com web site.
See also the
installed_software_catalog and run_as_superuser options.
distribution_target_directory=/var/spool/sw
Defines the default location of the target depot.
installed_software_catalog=products
Defines the directory path where the Installed Products Database (IPD) is stored. This
information describes installed software. When set to an absolute path, this option
defines the location of the IPD. When this option contains a relative path, the SD
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