HP WBEM Services for HP-UX and Linux System Administrator's Guide

HP WBEM Services Executables

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• cimauth - authorize users for a specified namespace

You can add, modify, or remove authorization per user, per

namespace. Assign Read or Write permissions. (Write does not

automatically include Read.) You can also list all authorizations.

This command is only relevant if the property

enableNamespaceAuthorization is set to true, which is not the

default. (Set the enableNamespaceAuthorization property with the

cimconfig command.)

You can also list the authorizations configured on the CIM Server.

You must have root permission to use cimauth. You can use cimauth

only when CIM Server is running.

• cimconfig - set, unset, or get CIM Server properties. An operation

using the “current” option changes the value immediately; an

operation using the “planned” option takes effect the next time the

CIM Server is started with the cimserver command.

HP WBEM Services properties are listed in Chapter 5.

You must have root permission to use cimconfig. For current values,

CIM Server must be running. For planned values CIM Server can be

running or not.

• cimmof - used by HP WBEM Services to compile .mof (Managed

Object Format) files and put the information into the repository.

MOF formatted files can be used for resource and/or provider

information.

MOF files must follow the DMTF standard format. The cimmof man

page has rules for specifying locations where the files are loaded.

Use the -h option for help with cimmof syntax.

You must have root permission to use cimmof. For

schema can only be loaded as local root, regardless of any

authorizations done through cimauth. If namespace authorization is

enabled, the user must also have Write authorization in the

namespace. You can use cimmof only when CIM Server is running.

• cimprovider - disable, enable, or remove registered CIM providers

or CIM provider modules. An option lists the providers, modules, and

module status.