How to View the Configuration Settings for Your Patch Management Environment (Command Line)

You can check the configuration settings of your patch management environment to help diagnose problems or to understand your system's patch-related settings.

The configuration settings output shows an entry for all configuration parameters. Each entry appears on a line by itself.

When you list all settings, each entry includes three fields: the parameter name, the value you have assigned, and its default value. The fields are separated by one or more tab characters.

The following values have special meaning:

• - means that no value is set

• "" means that the value is the null string

• \- means that the value is -

• \"" means that the value is "" (two double quotes)

In addition to these special values, these special characters might appear in the output:

• \t for a tab

• \n for a newline

• \\ for a backslash

1. Become an appropriately authorized user or assume a role that includes the Software Installation profile or the solaris.admin.patchmgr.* authorization.

   The System Administrator profile includes the appropriate profiles. To create the role and assign the role to a user, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

2. List the configuration settings for your patch management environment.

   • To list all settings, type:

     # smpatch get

   • To list the values for one or more parameters, type:

     # smpatch get parameter-name...

Example 5–8 Viewing Configuration Settings for Your Patch Management Environment

The following example shows how to list all the configuration settings for your patch management environment.

# smpatch get
patchpro.backout.directory  -      ""
patchpro.download.directory -      /var/sadm/spool
patchpro.install.types      -      rebootafter:reconfigafter:standard
patchpro.patch.source       -      https://updateserver.sun.com/solaris/
patchpro.patchset           -      patchdb
patchpro.proxy.host         -      ""
patchpro.proxy.passwd       ****   ****
patchpro.proxy.port         -      8080
patchpro.proxy.user         -      ""
patchpro.sun.passwd         ****   ****
patchpro.sun.user           -      ""

The following example shows how to list the configuration settings for the patchpro.download.directory and patchpro.patchset parameters.

# smpatch get patchpro.download.directory patchpro.patchset
/var/sadm/spool
patchdb