Host Preferences – PKGs

The following parameters describe how Solaris packages are installed on Solaris machines. When you install the Sun Update Connection – Enterprise Agent on a Solaris machine, the path name of the Solaris admin file is /opt/local/uce/agent/config_files/admin. This file holds the answers for package deployment. You can change these parameters in the Preferences -> Host -> PKGs window, to change the parameters individually for a specific host, or you can point Sun Update Connection – Enterprise to your own customized Solaris admin file.

• Mail address. Specifies the address to which notification emails are sent when PKGs are installed.

• Package install basedir. Specifies the base directory where relocatable packages are to be installed.

• Partial. Specifies one of the following if a package is partially installed on this managed host.

  • nocheck. Do not check for partially installed packages.

  • quit. Do not install the package if it is already partially installed.

• RunLevel. Specifies one of the following if the system status is not correct for the installation or uninstallation of a package.

  • nocheck. Do not check the run level.

  • quit. Do not install or uninstall if run level requirement is not met.

• Install depend. Specifies one of the following if other packages depend on the one being installed.

  • nocheck. Do not check for dependencies.

  • quit. Do not install a package if its dependencies are not met.

• Remove depend. Specifies one of the following if other packages depend on the one that you want to uninstall.

  • nocheck. Do not check for dependencies.

  • quit. Do not uninstall a package that is needed by others.

• Check space. Specifies one of the following if the disk space of this managed host does not meet the installation requirements of the package.

  • nocheck. Do not check disk space requirements (install will fail if the machine runs out of space).

  • quit. Do not install the package if the listed space requirements are not met.

• Setuid flags. Specifies one of the following if a package should enable the setuid flag or the setgid flag after installation. These flags are used in Solaris programming for security.

  • nocheck. Do not check for the setuid executable or the setgid executable.

  • quit. Do not install the package if it will turn on these flags.

  • nochange. Install the package but override the flags.

• Check conflicts. Specify one of the following if the installation of a package will overwrite a file that is provided by another package that has been installed and will create a conflict between files.

  • nocheck. Do not check for conflicts and force the installation.

  • quit. Do not install the package if file conflicts are detected.

  • nochange. Install the package but do not install the conflicting files.

• Action scripts. Specify one of the following if the installation of a package provides an action script that contains possible security impacts.

  • nocheck. Do not check for security impact of action scripts.

  • quit. Do not install the package if its action scripts could negatively impact security.

• Custom Admin file full path name. Specify the path name of a customized Solaris admin file. If no path is specified, use the default.