Which modification needs to be made to the Service Management Facility before you publish a new package to the IPS repository?

Question

Options

• AThe pkg.depotd must be disabled.
• BThe pkg/readonly property for the application/pkg/server service must be set to false
• CThe pkg/writable_root property for the application/pkg/server service must be set to true.
• DThe pkg/image_root property for the application/pkg/server service must be set to the location of the

• A
  6% (1)
• B
  78% (14)
• C
  11% (2)
• D
  6% (1)

Explanation

Option B is correct because the application/pkg/server SMF service runs in read-only mode by default (pkg/readonly=true), which allows clients to query and download packages but blocks any write operations. Setting pkg/readonly to false (via svccfg -s application/pkg/server setprop pkg/readonly = false, followed by an svcadm refresh) switches the depot into read-write mode, allowing pkgsend or pkgrecv to publish new packages.

A is wrong - disabling pkg.depotd shuts the service down entirely; you need it running to accept publish operations, not disabled.

C is wrong - pkg/writable_root points to a separate writable directory used for caching search indexes when the repository filesystem itself is mounted read-only; it controls where transient data lives, not whether publishing is permitted.

D is wrong - pkg/image_root is not a real SMF property for this service; the property that points to the repository's root directory is pkg/inst_root, and setting it has no bearing on publishing permissions.

Memory tip: Think of readonly = false as "unlocking the front door" - the depot is always running, but the door is locked for writes by default. You flip one property to let packages in.

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