HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2005 Release Notes

Table Of Contents
General System Administration
HP-UX Kernel Configuration
Chapter 5
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Summary of Change
The HP-UX Accounts for Users and Groups tool (ugweb) is newly introduced in this
release.
In this release, the HP-UX Accounts for Users and Groups tool is a plug-in for the
HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH). On launching the new Web-based
User and Group Account configuration tool from SAM, the HP-UX Accounts for
Users and Groups tool is displayed from the HP System Management Homepage on
the Web browser.
•The ugweb tool does not support trusted mode and NIS+ in this release. On
launching the tool from the HP SMH, the Tools page will not display “Accounts for
Users and Groups” if the system is in trusted or NIS+ configuration.
•The ugweb tool supports shadow mode.
•The ugweb tool supports NIS configuration.
Impact
You will be able to manage HP-UX user and group accounts from SAM, from the HP
System Management Homepage, or from the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) in
a new look-and-feel Web-based GUI.
Compatibility
There are no compatibility issues.
Performance
There are no performance issues.
Documentation
Refer to the product online help for more information.
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
HP-UX Kernel Configuration
The HP-UX Kernel Configuration tool allows the user to configure an HP-UX kernel and
to monitor consumption of kernel resources controlled by parameters. You can configure
the kernel from the Web-based user interface (kcweb), from the terminal user interface,
or from the command-line interface.
Use the HP-UX Kernel Configuration tool for