Starting the DMI Service Provider
The script, /etc/init.d/dmi, is provided to start the DMI
Service Provider when the UnixWare 7 system is booted. To start the Service
Provider manually,
assuming that it is not already running, enter one of the following
commands as root:
dmi start
dmi start -w
Because the DMI2.0 specification does not include security support,
a -w (write enable)
option provides limited protection from unwanted accesses. If
DMI is started without this option on managed systems, its Service
Provider will block:
-
attempts to set attributes even if the access method is
read-write or write-only
-
attempts to add or delete table rows apart from those required for
indication subscription and filtering
NOTE:
When viewing a component's attributes, read-write attributes are
reported as read-write; it is only when an
attempt to set one is made that DMIERR_ILLEGAL_TO_SET is returned.
This enables you to distinguish between read-only attributes and, normally writeable,
attributes to which access is being blocked.
When the DMI Service Provider is running, there should be one copy of
each of these processes:
dmispd-
The DMI Service Provider daemon
oncsp-
The DMI ONC RPC services daemon
To check this, use the following commands:
ps -ef | grep dmispd
ps -ef | grep oncsp
See
dmi(1M)
for further information.
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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 27 April 2004