Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems

NOTE:
• Registered depots on a network server are both visible and accessible to remote systems.
These depots can be used as a software source for remote systems.
• Unregistered depots on a network server are neither visible nor accessible to remote systems.
These depots cannot be used as a software source for remote systems.
Depots can be registered or unregistered in the following ways:
• The swreg command explicitly registers or unregisters depots.
• The swcopy command automatically registers newly created depots.
• The swremove command automatically unregisters a depot after removing all the software
contained in the depot.
If you have a depot that you want other users to access, you must register it. You should only
do this if you intend the depot to be used as a software source for remote systems.
Depot registration is not required for access from the local host. Registration also is not required
for using the swlist command remotely to view depot contents. For additional details about
the swreg command, see the swreg(1M) manpage and the Software Distributor Administration
Guide on the HP Business Support Center website at http://www.hp.com/go/sd-docs.
Examples of registering and unregistering depots
To register a depot, use this command:
swreg -l depot directory_path_to_depot
For example:
$ swreg -l depot /depot/patches/2003-07_periodic_depot/
======= 05/05/04 09:55:53 MDT BEGIN swreg SESSION (non-interactive)
* Session started for user "some_user@my_system".
* Beginning Selection
* Targets: my_system
* Objects: /depot/patches/2003-07_periodic_depot/
* Selection succeeded.
======= 05/05/04 09:55:53 MDT END swreg SESSION (non-interactive)
To unregister a depot, use this command:
swreg -u -l depot directory_path_to_depot
For example:
$ swreg -u -l depot /depot/patches/2003-07_periodic_depot/
======= 05/05/04 09:40:17 MDT BEGIN swreg SESSION (non-interactive)
* Session started for user "some_user@my_system".
* Beginning Selection
* Targets: my_system
* Objects: /depot/patches/2003-07_periodic_depot
* Selection succeeded.
======= 05/05/04 09:40:17 MDT END swreg SESSION (non-interactive)
Advanced topic: access control lists
If you require finer control over directory depot access, you should familiarize yourself with
Access Control Lists (ACLs) and the swacl command. You can use ACLs to grant a variety of
access rights to certain systems or users. For more information, see the Software Distributor
Administration Guide on the HP Business Support Center website at http://www.hp.com/go/
sd-docs.
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