Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Glossary
swacl
Glossary502
swacl A SD-UX command that allows you to
modify Access Control List permissions that
provide software security.
swadm In SD-UX security, the default user
identification group.
swagent The SD-UX agent program that
makes changes to depots and roots. It is
directed by the controller and scheduled by
the daemon
swagentd The SD-UX daemon that
provides various services, including:
initiation of communication between the
controller and agent; serving one or more
depots to multiple requesting agents on
remote hosts.
swask A SD-UX command that lets you run
an interactive request script to get a
response from the user. Request scripts can
also be run by the swconfig and swinstall
commands.
swconfig A SD-UX command that
configures previously installed software and
make the software ready for use.
swcopy A SD-UX command that copies
software from a software source to a depot or
from one depot to another. The swcopy
command can add products to an existing
depot, replace products already on a depot,
or create a new depot.
swgettools A SD-UX command used in
previous HP-UX releases to install the new
SW-DIST product from media. This
command has been replaced by install-sd
and update-ux.
swinstall A SD-UX command that installs
software. swinstall may also perform
software configuration.
swlist A SD-UX command that lists
software objects, their attributes, and their
organization. It lists both installed software
and software contained within a depot.
swlock A file that contains the read or write
access to software objects and ACLs.
swmodify A SD-UX command that lets you
change information in the installed products
database or depot catalog files.
swpackage A SD-UX command that uses a
product specification file (PSF) to organize
software products and package them into a
depot. The depot can be accessed directly by
SD-UX commands or mastered onto
CD-ROM or tape.
swreg A SD-UX command used to register
or unregister depots.
swremove A SD-UX command that
removes previously installed software or
removes packaged software from a depot.
swverify A SD-UX command that verifies
installed software or depot software for
correctness and completeness.
Systems Computers, either stand-alone or
networked to other computers. See local
host.
T
Tag In packaging, a keyword that defines
the distribution tag or software object’s
name attribute for the destination depot
(media).
Tape Depot A software depot stored in a tar
(tape archive) format. Within the archive,
directory and file entries are organized using
the same structure as any other SD-UX