Using Packaging Utility in Group mode

Group mode is supported for Packaging Utility. Use group mode to enable a group of users to share packages in a common location and manage the packages with the same instance of Packaging Utility by using group mode.

Before you begin

IBM® Installation Manager must be installed in group mode before you can install Packaging Utility in group mode. Files that are created by Installation Manager have group write permissions by default.

Group mode is available on Linux, UNIX, IBM z/OS®, and OS X platforms. Group mode is not available on Windows platforms.

Installing Packaging Utility in group mode

Procedure

  1. Install Packaging Utility by using the instance of Installation Manager that is installed in group mode.
  2. After the installation, check that the file permissions are set to g=u.
    1. Open a command-line utility.
    2. Go to the installation directory for Packaging Utility. For information about the default installation directory, see Installing Packaging Utility in wizard mode.
    3. Run this command: find . ! -perm -660

      When the file permissions are set correctly, no output is shown.

Setting file permissions before you start Packaging Utility in group mode

About this task

The umask value must be 002 when you use Packaging Utility in group mode. If the umask is not set to 002 by default, you must set the umask each time you start Packaging Utility or open a command-line utility to run Packaging Utility commands.

Procedure

  1. Open a command-line utility.
  2. Run this command: umask 002

What to do next

Start Packaging Utility or run a Packaging Utility command from the command-line utility.

Checking file permissions after you start Packaging Utility in group mode

Procedure

After Packaging Utility is started, you can check the file permissions.

  1. Open a command-line utility.
  2. Go to one of these directories:
    • Packaging Utility installation directory: For information about the default installation directory, see Installing Packaging Utility in wizard mode.
    • Application data directory: Open the install_dir/configuration/config.ini file. Locate the cic.appDataLocation entry to determine the application data directory.
    • Target repository used with the copy and delete commands.
  3. Run the command: find . ! -perm -660

    When the file permissions are set correctly, no output is shown.


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