HP-UX Software Assistant Reference (November, 2010)

If a username and password are specified as authentication credentials to your proxy server,
HTTP basic authentication is used, which is a clear-text protocol (that is, your password might
be visible to others on your network). Also, credentials specified on the command-line are
visible to other local users, and access to credentials stored in extended option files are
determined by their permissions. If your proxy server requires another type of authentication,
see the -x download_cmd option. This option is used as the default for the other proxy
settings.
The proxy= option controls the default for all three proxies. See the https_proxy option,
the http_proxy option, and the ftp_proxy option for more details.
-x report_when_no_issues=true
Usage: Intermediate
Applicable steps: report
This option controls whether SWA will produce a report to standard output when there are no
issues or actions. This is useful, for example, in a cron job where you want email sent to you
only if there is an issue found.
true A standard output report is always produced.
false A standard output report is only produced if there are issues and/or actions.
Hint: To check the error status, use the exit code of the command and check the log file for
details.
-x ssh_options=
Usage: Intermediate
Applicable steps: inventory
This option specifies the options to be passed to ssh. Multiple options may be included as a
space-delimited list. For example, if you are using SWA in a cron job, you might want to
specify '-o BatchMode=yes' to return immediately upon failure, rather than prompting for
a password.
See ssh_config(5) for additional options.
-x stdout_report_type=action
Usage: Basic
Applicable steps: report
This option specifies the type of report to display on standard output. This is useful for controlling
the type of output you would like to see. Legal values are:
action Summary of recommended actions
issue Summary of identified issues
detail Recommended actions with issue justification
html Comprehensive HTML report
none No report
-x swcache=/var/opt/swa/cache
Usage: Basic
Applicable steps: download, depot
This option specifies the directory where SWA stores downloaded patches before putting them
into a depot. The default location is only writable by root, so this directory must be changed
for a non-root user to be able to download software. Opening up permissions on the default
location is not recommended.
-x user_dir=~/.swa
Usage: Basic
Applicable steps: catalog, inventory, analyze, report, download, depot
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