swpackage.4 (2010 09)

swpackage(4) swpackage(4)

Set a read only 444 mode for all ﬁle objects (requires override for every executable ﬁle and directory):

file_permissions -m 444

Set a read mode for non-executable ﬁles, and a read/execute mode for executable ﬁles and for directories:

file_permissions -u 222

Set the same mode defaults, plus an owner and group:

file_permissions -u 222 -o bin -g bin

Set the same mode defaults, plus a uid and gid:

file_permissions -u 222 -o 2 -g 2

Set the same mode defaults, plus owner/uid and group/gid combinations:

file_permissions -u 222 -o bin,2 -g bin,2

Set the same mode defaults, plus numeric owner/uid and numeric group/gid combinations:

file_permissions -u 222 -o 1040,12345 -g 1099,54321

Set the owner write permission’s in addition to the above:

file_permissions -u 022 -o 1040,12345 -g 1099,54321

If the user deﬁnes no ﬁle_permissions,

swpackage uses the default value:

file_permissions -u 000

for destination ﬁle objects based on existing source ﬁles. (Meaning the mode, owner/uid, group/gid are set

based on the source ﬁle, unless speciﬁc overrides are speciﬁed for a destination ﬁle.)

WARNINGS

Some releases of

swpackage do not work correctly with the -t type construct in a PSF. The

swpack-

age program in the HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11) PHCO_34295 patch, 11i v1 (11.11) OEUR available after the

patch, 11i v2 (11.23) March 2006 OEUR, and newer releases work correctly with all -t type usages. If a

speciﬁc use of -t type creates packages that are correct, all releases of other Software Distributor com-

mands such as swlist, swcopy, swinstall, etc, can be used with those packages.

AUTHOR

swpackage was developed by the Hewlett-Packard Company and Mark H. Colburn (see pax(1)).