swconfig(8)

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NAME

       swconfig -- Configure installed software

SYNOPSIS

       swconfig  [-p] [-u]  [-c catalog] [-f file] [-t targetfile] \
       [-x option=value]  [-X options_file]  [-W option] \
       [software_selections]  [@targets]

DESCRIPTION

       swconfig configures, unconfigures, and reconfigures installed software
       on a host.  swconfig is a distributed utility.  Neither swconfig nor
       any component of swbis is required on the target host, however, the
       target host must look like a Unix system at the shell and command-line
       utility level.  Remote network connections are made by ssh.  Ssh is the
       default but rsh can be selected by a command line option.

       swconfig operates on installed software and performs configuration
       primarily by executing the configure or unconfigure control scirpts.
       If these scripts do not exists for an installed package, then swconfig
       takes no action.

OPTIONS

       -f FILE

              Read the list of software selections from FILE.


       -p

              Preview mode, establish contact with target host, however,
              modify nothing.


       -u

              Undo, run the unconfigure script.


       -c catalog

              Specify a file of PSF or INDEX syntax or a directory containing
              the exported catalog.

                     Note:  This option is not yet implemented.


       -t targetfile

              Specify a file containing a list of targets (one per line).


       -v

              Increment the verbose level.


       -x option=value

              Specify the extended option overriding the defaults file value.


       -X FILE

              Specify the extended options filename, FILE,  overriding the
              default filenames.  This option may be given more then once. If
              the resulting specified value is an empty string then reading of
              any options file is disabled.

       --help

              Show help (Implementation extension)

       -W option[,option,...]

              Specify the implementation extension option.
              Syntax: -W option[=option_argument[,option...]
              Options may be separated by a comma.  The implementation
              extension options may also be given individually using the
              '--long-option[=option_arg]' syntax.


       --postinstall

              run the postinstall or unpostinstall script


       --force-locks

              override locking and delete existing lock


       --send-environment

              Include existing environment variables in the remote host's
              execution environment.  System and common varaiables are
              excluded and checks are made for tainted values.


       --allow-ambig

              Allows swconfig to act on all matching entries.  Without this
              option a software selection that matches more than one installed
              software entry is an error.


       --sig-level=N

              Specify number of required GPG signatures, N equal to 0 means
              don't require the catalog to be signed.


       -W remote-shell=SHELL

              Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_shell_client
              Supported shells are "ssh" and "rsh", ssh is the default.

       -W show-options-files
              Show the complete list of options files and if they are found.

       -W show-options
              Show the options after reading the files and parsing the command
              line options.

       -W pax-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
              Set the portable archive command for all operations.  The
              default is "pax".

       -W pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
              Set the read command for local and remote hosts.

       -W remote-pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
              Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_read_command
              Set the read command for remote hosts.  This is the command that
              runs on the target (e.g. pax -r, tar xpf -).  The default is
              "pax".

       -W local-pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
              Defaults File Option: swbis_local_pax_read_command
              Set the read command for local hosts.  This is the command that
              runs on the target (e.g. pax -r, tar xpf -).  The default is
              "pax".

       -W pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
              Set the write command for local and remote hosts.  This is the
              command that runs on the target (e.g. pax -w, tar cf -).

       -W remote-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
              Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_write_command
              Set the write command for remote hosts.

       -W local-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
              Defaults File Option: swbis_local_pax_write_command
              Set the portable archive write command for local host
              operations.  This is the command that runs on the source (e.g.
              pax -w, tar cf -).  The default is "pax".

       -W remote-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
              Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_write_command
              Set the portable archive write command for remote host
              operations.  This is the command that runs on the source (e.g.
              pax -w, tar cf -).  The default is "pax".

       -W no-defaults
              Do not read any defaults files.

       -W no-getconf
              Defaults File Option: swbis_no_getconf
              Makes the remote command be '/bin/sh -s' instead of the default
              'PATH=`getconf PATH` sh -s'.

       -W shell-command=NAME
              Defaults File Option: swbis_shell_command
              NAME may be one of "bash", "sh" or "posix" and specifies the
              remote command run by the remote shell.  "posix" is
              'PATH=`getconf PATH` sh -s', "bash" is "/bin/bash -s", "sh" is
              "/bin/sh -s", and "ksh" is "ksh -s".  The default is "posix".

       -W use-getconf
              Opposite of --no-getconf.


       -W source-script-name=NAME
              Write the script that is written into the remote shell's stdin
              to NAME.  This is useful for debugging.

       -W target-script-name=NAME
              Write the script that is written into the remote shell's stdin
              to NAME.  This is useful for debugging.

       software_selections

              Refer to the software objects (products, filesets) using
              software spec syntax. (See sw(5) for syntax).


       target

              Refers to the software_collection where the software selections
              are to be applied.  Allows specification of host and pathname
              where the software collection is located.  A target that
              contains only one part is assumed to be a hostname.  To force
              interpretation as a path, use a absolute path or prefix with
              ':'.


       Source and Target Specification and Logic

            Synopsis:
                 Posix:
                      host[:path]
                      host
                      host:
                      /path  # Absolute path

                 Swbis Extension:
                      [user@]host[:path]
                      [user@]host_port[:path]
                      :path

                 Swbis Multi-hop Target Extension:
                      # ':' is the target delimiter
                   # '_' delimits a port number in the host field

                      [user@]host[@@[user@]host[@@...]][:file]
                      [user@]host_port[@@[user@]host[@@...]][:file]

                      # Using ':', a trailing colon is used to
                      # disambiguate between a host and file.
                   # For Example,
                      :file
                      host:
                      host
                      host:file
                      host:host:
                      host_port:host_port:
                      host:host:file
                      user@host:user@host:
                      user@host:user@host:host:
                      user@host:user@host:file

            A more formal description:

            target : HOST_CHARACTER_STRING ':' PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
                   | HOST_CHARACTER_STRING ':'
                   | HOST_CHARACTER_STRING
                   | PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
                   | ':' PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING   # Impl extension
                   ;

              PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING must be an absolute path unless
                              a HOST_CHARACTER_STRING is given.  Allowing
                              a relative path is a feature of the swbis
                              implementation.

                       NOTE: A '.' as a target is an implementation
                             extension and means extract in current
                             directory.

                       NOTE: A '-' indicating stdout/stdin is an
                             implementation extension.

                       NOTE: A ':' in the first character indicates a filename.
                             This is an implementation extension.

              HOST_CHARACTER_STRING is an IP or hostname.

           Examples:
              Copy the  distribution /var/tmp/foo.tar.gz at 192.168.1.10
                     swcopy -s /var/tmp/foo.tar.gz @192.168.1.10:/root


       Implementation Extension Syntax (multi ssh-hop) :
           Syntax:
           %start   wtarget    # the Implementation Extension Target
                               # Note: a trailing ':' forces interpretation
                               # as a host, not a file.
           wtarget   : wtarget DELIM sshtarget
                     | sshtarget
                     | sshtarget DELIM
                     ;
           sshtarget : user '@' target # Note: only the last target
                     | target          # may have a PATHNAME, and only a host
                     ;                 * may have a user
           target   : HOST_CHARACTER_STRING
                    | PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
                    ;
           user     : PORTABLE_CHARACTER_STRING  # The user name

           DELIM    : ':'   # The multi-hop delimiter.
                    ;

USAGE EXAMPLES

   Run the configure script for package foo on 192.168.1.2:/
         swconfig foo @ root@192.168.1.2:/

   Show the options
         swconfig --show-options

EXTENDED OPTIONS

       Extended options can be specified on the command line using the -x
       option or from the defaults file, swdefaults.  Shown below is an actual
       portion of a defaults file which show default values.

   POSIX
       These options are set in the /usr/lib/swbis/swdefaults or the
       ~/.swdefaults on the local (management host, host where swconfig is
       invoked).  These files on the target host are not used.

         allow_incompatible            = false # Not implemented
         allow_multiple_versions       = false # Not implemented
         ask                           = false # Not implemented
         autoselect_dependencies       = true # Not implemented
         autoselect_dependents         = true # Not implemented
         enforce_dependencies          = true # Not implemented
         installed_software_catalog    = var/lib/swbis/catalog/
         logfile                       = /var/log/sw.log
         loglevel                      = 1
         select_local                  = true # Not implemented
         reconfigure                   = false
         verbose                       = 1

   Swbis Implementation
       These options are set in the /usr/lib/swbis/swbisdefaults or the
       ~/.swbis/swbisdefaults file.

          swconfig.swbis_no_getconf = true # true or false
         swconfig.swbis_shell_command = posix # {sh|bash|posix|ksh}
         swconfig.swbis_no_remote_kill = false # true or false
         swconfig.swbis_local_pax_write_command=tar #{pax|tar|star|gtar}
         swconfig.swbis_remote_pax_write_command=tar #{pax|tar|star|gtar}
         swconfig.swbis_local_pax_read_command=tar #{pax|tar|gtar|star}
         swconfig.swbis_remote_pax_read_command=tar #{pax|tar|gtar|star}
         swconfig.swbis_local_pax_remove_command=tar
         swconfig.swbis_remote_pax_remove_command=tar
         swconfig.swbis_remote_shell_client=ssh
         swconfig.swbis_forward_agent=True
         swconfig.swbis_sig_level=0
         swconfig.swbis_enforce_all_signatures=false

RETURN VALUE

       0 if all targets succeeded, 1 if all targets failed or internal error,
       2 if some targets failed and some succeeded.

NOTES

        Multiple ssh-hops is an implementation extension.

REQUISITE UTILITIES

       The swbis distributed utilities require bash, public domain ksh, or
       Sun's /usr/xpg4/bin/sh to be present on the target host.  If the
       swbis_shell_command extended option is set to 'detect' you don't have
       to know which one is present, otherwise you may specify one explicitly.

       A POSIX awk is required, and with the ability to specify several
       thousand bytes of program text as a command argument.  GNU awk  works,
       as does the ATT Awk book awk, and the awk on BSD systems.  See the
       INSTALL file for further details regarding a small issue with the
       OpenSolaris (c.2006) awk.

       GNU Privacy Guard, gpg is required for verification of package
       signatures.

       Other utilities required to be in $PATH on the remote host are: dd, pax
       (or tar|star|gtar), mkdir, echo, test, sleep, read (if not builtin).

FILES

       /var/lib/swbis/catalog # Location of installed catalog
       /usr/lib/swbis/swdefaults
       /usr/lib/swbis/swbisdefaults
       $HOME/.swbis/swdefaults
       $HOME/.swbis/swbisdefaults

APPLICABLE STANDARDS

       ISO/IEC 15068-2:1999, Open Group CAE C701

SEE ALSO

       info swbis

       swbis(7), sw(5), swlist(8)

IDENTIFICATION

        swconfig(8): The package configuration utility of the swbis project.
        Author: Jim Lowe   Email: jhlowe at acm.org
        Version: 1.13
        Last Updated: 2010-01-22
        Copying: GNU Free Documentation License

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