Software Distributor Administration Guide (March 2009)

installed before fileset A can be installed. Therefore, fileset B is a prerequisite for fileset A. See
dependency, corequisite, and exrequisite.
Primary Root A system on which software is installed and configured.
Principal In SD-UX security, the user (or host system, for agents making RPCs) that originates a call to
another system.
Product A collection of subproducts and/or filesets.
Product ACL
Template
In SD-UX security, the ACL used to initialize the ACLs that protect new products on depots that
are created by the host.
Product
Directory
The root directory of a product object, in which most of its files are contained. You can change
(relocate) the default product directory when you installing a locatable product.
Product
Specification
File (PSF)
An input file that defines the structure and attributes of the files to be packaged by swpackage.
Product
Version
A depot can contain multiple versions of a product. Product versions have the same tag attribute,
but different version attributes. The installed products database supports multiple installed versions
of a product. Installed versions have the same tag attribute, but different version attributes or a
different product directory.
Protected
software
Software that you cannot install or copy unless you provide a codeword and customer ID. (These
are found on your software certificate in your media kit.) You can use codeword-protected software
only on systems that for which you have a valid license to use that software.
PSF See Product Specification File.
Pull Getting software products from a depot to be installed or copied onto the local system. See also
push.
Push Performing software management (usually installing or copying) on multiple remote target systems
from a central controller. See remote operations.
R
Readme This keyword defines the “readme” attribute for the product object. A text file of the README
information for the product; either the text value itself or a file name that contains the text.
Realm In SD-UX security, the scope of the authority by which the principal is authenticated.
Register/Registration
A process that determines what depots are available on a given host and makes them available
for use. Registration information consists of the depot or root’s identifier (its path in the host file
system). This information is maintained by the daemon which reads its own file at start-up.
Remote Host A Host other than the one on which the SD-UX commands are being executed.
Remote
Operations
Performing operations on remote systems from a single controller system. Remote operations
must be enabled. (Also called centralized management or single point administration.) See Chapter 7:
“Remote Operations Overview” (page 151) for more information.
Remote
Procedure
Call (RPC)
Refers to the operations with Agents on a remote computer.
Request script An interactive control script that gets a response from the user. A request script prompts the user
for a response, reads the user’s answer, and stores the results in a response file. Request scripts can
be run by the swask, swconfig, and swinstall commands.
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