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(HP-UX Software Distributor)

SD’s nonprivileged mode is intended only for managing applications that are specially

designed and packaged. This mode cannot be used to manage the HP-UX operating system

or patches to it. For a full explanation of nonprivileged SD, see the Software Distributor

Administration Guide, available at the

http://docs.hp.com

web site.

See also the

installed_software_catalog

and run_as_superuser

options.

compress_index=false

Determines whether SD commands create compressed INDEX and INFO catalog ﬁles when

writing to target depots or roots. The default of

false does not create compressed ﬁles.

When set to

true, SD creates compressed and uncompressed INDEX and INFO ﬁles. The

compressed ﬁles are named INDEX.gz and INFO.gz, and reside in the same directories as

the uncompressed ﬁles.

Compressed ﬁles can enhance performance on slower networks, although they may

increase disk space usage due to a larger Installed Products Database and depot catalog.

SD controllers and target agents for HP-UX 11.01 and higher automatically load the

compressed INDEX and INFO ﬁles from the source agent when:

• The source agent supports this feature.

• INDEX.gz or INFO.gz exist on the source depot.

• INDEX.gz or INFO.gz are not older than the corresponding uncompressed INDEX or

INFO ﬁles.

The uncompressed INDEX or INFO ﬁle is accessed by the source agent if any problem

occurs when accessing, transferring, or uncompressing the INDEX.gz or INFO.gz ﬁle.

control_files=

When adding or deleting control ﬁle objects, this option lists the tags of those control ﬁles.

There is no supplied default. If there is more than one tag, they must be separated by

white space and surrounded by quotes.

distribution_target_directory=/var/spool/sw

Deﬁnes the default distribution directory of the target depot. The target_selection operand

overrides this default.

files= When adding or deleting ﬁle objects, this option lists the pathnames of those ﬁle objects.

There is no supplied default. If there is more than one pathname, they must be separated

by white space.

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 controller

appends the value to the value speciﬁed by the

admin_directory

option to determine

the path to the IPD. For alternate roots, this path is resolved relative to the location of the

alternate root. This option does not affect where software is installed, only the IPD loca-

tion.

This option permits the simultaneous installation and removal of multiple software applica-

tions by multiple users or multiple processes, with each application or group of applications

using a different IPD.

Caution: use a speciﬁc

installed_software_catalog to manage a speciﬁc applica-

tion. SD does not support multiple descriptions of the same application in multiple IPDs.