Software Distributor (SD-UX) Administration Guide HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 (762797-001, March 2014)

See Also
“Using Command Options” (page 37) for examples.
Options Listed Alphabetically
• admin_directory=/var/adm/sw (for normal mode) admin_directory=/var/home/LOGNAME/sw
(for nonprivileged mode)
The location for logfiles and the default parent directory for the installed software catalog.
The default value is /var/adm/sw for normal operations.
For nonprivileged mode (that is, when the run_as_superuser default option is set to true):
◦ The default value is /var/home/LOGNAME/sw
◦ The path element LOGNAME is replaced with the name of the invoking user, which SD-UX
reads from the system password file.
◦ If you set the value of this option to HOME/path, SD-UX replaces HOME with the invoking
user’s home directory (from the system password file) and resolves path relative to that
directory. For example, HOME/my_admin resolves to the my_admin directory in your
home directory.
◦ If you set the value of the installed_software_catalog option to a relative path,
that path is resolved relative to the value of this option.
Nonprivileged mode is intended only for managing applications that are specially designed
and packaged. This mode cannot be used to manage the HP-UX operating system or patches
to it. For a full explanation of nonprivileged SD-UX, see Chapter 12: “Nonprivileged SD ”
(page 224).
See also the installed_software_catalog and run_as_superuser options.
Applies to all commands except swagent, swagentd, and install-sd.
• agent=/usr/lbin/swagent
This is the default location of the executable invoked to perform agent tasks.
Applies to swagentd.
• agent_auto_exit=true
Causes the target agent to automatically exit after execute phase, or after a failed analysis
phase. This is forced to false when the controller is using an interactive UI, or when -p (preview)
is used.
Enhances network reliability and performance.
The default is true. The target agent automatically exits when appropriate.
If set to false, the target agent does not exit until the controller explicitly ends the session.
Applies to swconfig, swcopy, swinstall, swremove, and swverify.
• agent_timeout_minutes=10000
Causes a target agent to exit if it has been inactive for the specified time.
You can use this default value to make target agents more quickly detect lost network
connections. RPC typically detects lost connections very quickly, but it can take as long 130
minutes to detect a lost connection. The recommended value is the longest period of inactivity
expected in your environment.
For command line invocation, a value between 10 and 60 minutes is suitable. More than 60
minutes is recommended when you use the GUI.
The default is 10,000 minutes, slightly less than seven days.
Applies to swcopy, swinstall, swlist, swremove, and swverify.
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