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by Bill Calkins
Inside Solaris™ 9
Copyright
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewers
Tell Us What You Think
Introduction
Solaris Fundametals
Fundamental Commands for Managing Files and Getting Help
Manual Pages: Online Documentation
Locating Commands
The UNIX File System
Summary
Using Solaris Editors
ed editor
sed—Stream Editor
vi
Summary
Solaris Shells and Variables
Shell Script Basics
Selecting a Shell to Use
Korn Shell Options (set)
Bourne Shell Variables
Aliases
Redirection and Pipes
Shell Built-Ins
Shell Conditionals
Repeated-Action Commands
Shell Functions
Command-Line Editing
Summary
Advanced File Management
Links
The find Command
grep
egrep
Using Filters
Summary
Communicating with Other Users
motd: Displaying a Message at Login
Email
mail
dtmail
write
Summary
Getting Started
Installing the Solaris 9 Software
Requirements and Preparation for Installing the Solaris 9 Software
Software Terminology
Disk Storage
Methods of Installing the Solaris 9 Software
Upgrading the OS
The Solaris Installation Prechecklist
Summary
JumpStart
Preparing for a Custom JumpStart Installation
What Happens During a Custom JumpStart Installation?
The rules File
Creating class Files
Testing class files
The sysidcfg File
Name Service, Domain Name, and Name Server Keywords
Setting Up JumpStart in a Name Service Environment
Setting Up Clients
A Sample JumpStart Installation
Summary
Web Start
Web Start
Minimum System Requirements for Solaris Web Start
Web Start Flash
Summary
System Startup and Shutdown
Booting the System
Using the Run Control Scripts to Stop or Start Services
System Shutdown
Summary
OpenBoot
OpenBoot Environment
OpenBoot Architecture
OpenBoot Interface
Getting Help in OpenBoot
PROM Full Device Names
OpenBoot Nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM)
OpenBoot Security
OpenBoot Diagnostics
Updating the PROM
boot
Kernel
Summary
System Maintenance
Device Administration and Disk Management
Device Drivers
Physical Device Name
Device Autoconfiguration
USB Devices
Instance Name
Major and Minor Device Numbers
Logical Device Name
Virtual Volume Management
Summary
Software Package Administration
Tools for Managing Software
Adding and Removing Software Packages
Using a Spool Directory
Solaris Product Registry
Listing and Verifying Installed Packages
Software Patches
Installing a Patch
Patch Manager (smpatch)
General Guidelines
Summary
Setting Up User Accounts
Adding a User Account with Admintool
Deleting a User Account with Admintool
Modifying a User Account with Admintool
Adding a Group with Admintool
Managing User and Group Accounts from the Command Line
Setting Up Shell Initialization Files
Customizing User Initialization Files
The Home Directory
Projects
Name Services
Summary
Managing File Systems
A File System Defined
Defining a Disk’s Geometry
Solaris File System Types
Disk Slices
Parts of a UFS File System
Creating a UFS File System
Understanding Custom File System Parameters
The mkfs Command
File System Operations
Tuning File Systems
Mounting File Systems
Unmounting a File System
Volume Management
Information on File Systems
Summary
Managing Processes
Viewing a Process
Process Types
Using Signals
Projects and Tasks
Scheduling Processes
Scheduling Priorities
Using the Solaris Batch-Processing Facility
syslog
Other Important Files Where Information is Logged
Summary
System Security
Physical Security
Controlling System Access
Controlling File Access
Auditing Users
Network Security
Securing Superuser Access
The Secure Shell (ssh)
Automated Security Enhancement Tool (ASET)
Common-Sense Security Techniques
Summary
Role-Based Access Control
The RBAC Model
Using RBAC
RBAC Components
Summary
Solaris Management Console
Introduction to the Solaris Management Console
Summary
System Monitoring and Tuning
Being Proactive
Performance Measurement Tools
Measuring CPU Load
Monitoring Disk I/O
Monitoring RAM and Swap
sar
Sun SyMON
Fixing a Performance Problem
Summary
Backup and Recovery
Backup Media
Solaris Backup and Restoration Utilities
fssnap
Web Start Archive
JAVA Archive (JAR)
Summary
Networking
The Solaris Network Environment
Network Fundamentals
Planning the Network
Setting Up the Network
IP Addressing (IPv4)
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Network Services
Name Service
TCP/IP Commands
Network Maintenance
Summary
The NFS Environment
Servers and Clients
NFS on Solaris
Mounting a Remote File System
WebNFS
CacheFS
Autofs
When to Use Automount
Summary
Name Services
Name Services Overview
/etc Files
NIS
Planning Your NIS Domain
NIS+
DES Authentication
DNS
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Summary
Managing Services
LP Print Service
The Solaris Print Service
Setting Up the Hardware
Setting Up the Software
Administering Printers
Summary
Administration and Configuration of CDE
The Login Manager
The Session Manager
The Front Panel
Actions and Data Types
The Application Manager
The dtksh Shell
GNOME
Summary
Appendix
UNIX and Solaris Milestones
How It All Began
1965–1969
1970–1972
1973–1979
1982–1983
1984–1987
1988–1992
1993
2002 and Beyond
Milestones in the Development of Solaris
Index
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