Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Introduction to Software Distributor
About This Guide
Chapter 120
About This Guide
This guide describes how to use Software Distributor to install,
configure, package, and manage software for HP-UX on HP 9000 systems
This guide is written for:
• Stand-alone HP-UX users, primarily concerned with quick and easy
access to the right software management tools to get their normal
work done. This may include software installation, viewing, or
removal and basic depot management.
• HP-UX system administrators, primarily concerned with keeping
other users up and running. Additional software management tasks
may include more complex depot management, security, patch
management, remote operations, and performance management.
• Software packagers, primarily concerned with packaging software
into SD-usable format and writing scripts that may accompany the
packaged software.
NOTE The most current version of this document, as well as all
Hewlett-Packard documentation, is always found at:
http://www.docs.hp.com/
What’s new in this
edition
This edition offers additional depot management examples, improved
organization, error corrections, and numerous minor enhancements.
Web papers
included here
This guide also includes information from this previously published
paper:
• Understanding SD-UX ACLs