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

Glossary
Access Control Lists
(ACL)
A structure attached to a software object that defines access permissions for multiple users and
groups. It extends the permissions defined by the HP-UX file system’s mode bits by letting you
specify the access rights of many individuals and groups instead of just one of each.
Administrative
Host
See local host.
Agent The agent (swagent) runs on the local host. It services all selection, analysis, execution and status
requests. It is scheduled by the daemon and guided by the SD-UX controller.
Alternate Depot
Directory
A depot directory located someplace other than the default location.
Alternate
Root/Alternate
Root Directory
A Target for software installation, where the Target is not the primary Root (/) and where the
software can be stored or referenced, but not configured or used.
Analysis/Analysis
Phase
The second phase of a software installation, copy, or remove operation, during which the host
executes a series of checks to determine if the selected products can be installed, copied, removed,
or verified on the host. The checks include the execution of check scripts and disk space analysis
(DSA).
Ancestor An attribute that names a previous version of a fileset. This is used to match filesets on a target
system. If the match_target option is set to true, SD-UX matches the ancestor fileset name to
the new fileset name.
Applied The state in which a patch is installed. When a patch is installed, by default it has the
patch_state of applied. Other patch states include committed and superseded and
committed/superseded.
Architecture A keyword that represents the operating system platform on which the product runs.
Archive file A .o file that needs to be replaced in an existing archive using the ar command. Used for patch
files.
Ask An operation in which SD-UX runs an interactive request script to get a response from the user.
Request scripts can be run by the swask, swconfig, and swinstall commands.
Attributes Information describing a software object’s characteristics. For example, product attributes include
revision number, tag (name), and contents (list of filesets). Fileset attributes include tag, revision,
kernel, and reboot. File attributes include mode, owner, and group. An essential part of the
Product Specification File, attributes include such information as the product’s short name or tag,
a one-line full name title or a one paragraph description of the object. Other attributes include
a multi-paragraph README file, a copyright information statement and others.
Authorization In SD-UX security, checking that a user has the necessary permissions to perform a specific action,
as defined by an Access Control List.
Base software Software that will be modified by a patch.
Building phase Packaging the source files and information into a product, and creating/merging the product
into the destination depot/media.
Bundles A collection of filesets that are encapsulated for a specific purpose. By specifying a bundle, all
products or filesets under that bundle are automatically included in the operation.
Cache File A file that contains the name and attributes of targets selected by swinstall or swcopy.
Catalog/Catalog
directory
An area within a depot that contains all the information needed by SD-UX to define the
organization and contents of the products stored in the depot. It includes a global INDEX file and
a directory of information for each product version in the depot. It is sometimes referred to as the
catalog directory.
Category This keyword defines the “category” attribute for the product object. It refers to the type of software
being packaged.
CD-ROM Compact Disc-Read Only Memory or a SD-UX depot that resides on a CD-ROM.
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