AIX training chapter Object data Manager

1. Object Data Manager
By
Dipak Warade
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2. Object Data Manager
• Primary function to maintain System
Configuration on AIX.
• Everything saved in binary for security Vs
ASCII.
• More robust, Secure.
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3. Data managed by ODM
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4. Location Of ODM Files/Repositories
/usr/lib/objrepos
/etc/objrepos
/usr/sare/lib/objrepos
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5. Component of ODM
Same like
one line
entry in
/etc/passwd
file
root:!:0:0::/:/usr/bin/ksh
/etc/passwd
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6. ODM commands
You can
• Create
• Add
• Change
• Retrieve
• Display
• And delete objects and object classes with
ODM
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7. • odmchange –
• Changes specific objects in a specified object class.
• odmcreate –
• Creates empty object classes.
• odmdelete –
• Removes objects from an object class.
• odmdrop –
• Removes an entire object class.
• odmget –
• Retrieves objects from object classes and puts the object Info.
• odmshow• Displays the description of an object class.
• odmadd –
• Adds objects to an object class.
• The odmadd command takes an ASCII stanza file as input and populates object classes
with objects found in the stanza file.
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