Index

S

savecore command, 22, 341

/sbin/init process, 51, 63, 64, 65

SBus architecture, 53

Scalable Processor Architecture (SPARC), 5. See also SPARC (Scalable Processor Architecture) computers

sched, 65. See also swapper

scheduling processes, 246-250

crontab command, 247-248

with at files, 249-250

with Solaris Management Console, 248, 249

screen-#columns variable, 58

screen-#rows variable, 58

scripts, 8. See also run control (rc) scripts; shell scripts

SCSI hard drives, adding secondary, 171

secondary group, 563

Secondary Groups field, in Admintool: Add User, 89

sector, 158, 563

Secure Shell (SSH), 7

security. See also Access Control Lists (ACLs); passwords; Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

. (period) in path, 122

administration, real world scenario, 135

/etc/hosts.equiv file and, 309

for firmware, 59-60

monitoring sulog file for, 103, 104

User ID re-use and, 88

security-#badlogins variable, 58, 59

security-mode variable, 58, 59

security-password variable, 58, 59

setting, 60

serial write policy for RAID 1, 389

servers, 9, 299, 563

disk space requirements, 22

scheduling maintenance, 71

software group for, 23

system shutdown, 69-70

real world scenario, 71

services, scripts to start and kill, 69

services.byname NIS map, 481

services.byservice NIS map, 481

Session layer (OSI), 302

set command, for shell variables, 107

set-default command, 59

set-defaults command, 59

setenv command, 59

for environment variables, 107

setfacl command, 424

to add entry to existing ACL, 427

arguments, 425

for directories, 426

SetGID, 135-136

SetUID, 135-136

setup_install_server command, 26, 515, 517

sh (Bourne shell), 8

shapshot backup, 266

share command, 342, 347-348

shareall command, 342

shared disk set, 408, 563

sharing NFS resources, 350-352

shell scripts, 105

SHELL variable, 108

shell variables, set command for, 107

shells, 8, 84, 104-108, 563

Bourne, C and Korn, 105-106

initialization files, 106-108

adding variables, 107-108

site, 106-107

show-devs command, 53

show-sbus command, 56

showrev command, 39

shutdown command, 69-70

signals, for process communication, 243

Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP), 303

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), 303

site initialization files, 106-107, 563

slave servers, 478, 563

installing, 488-489

slice. See also partitioning

Smart Card, 6

smmsp username, 85

SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol), 303

snapshot backup, 563

snapshots. See UFS snapshots

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), 303

snoop command, 313

soft links, 129, 563

soft mounting, 352

troubleshooting, 353

soft partitions, 159, 374, 563

managing, 400-403

software. See also device drivers

multithreaded, 8

for RAID, 370-371

software group, 563

selection, 22-23

and upgrade, 29

software installation database, 33. See also /var/sadm/install/contents file

software management

command line interface for, 33-35

graphical interface for, 31-33

software packages, 563

information about, 35

installing and managing, 30-37

removing, 36

Solaris

exam essentials, 12

help for, 10-11

man pages, 10-11

online resources, 11

history, 4-7

version 7 and 8 features, 5-6

version 9 features, 6-7

key system concepts, 7-9

clients, 9

daemons, 8-9

file systems, 9

kernel, 8

operating system, 7-8

processes, 8

servers, 9

shells, 8

printing advantages, 214

typical disk slices, 160

upgrading network to version 9, 532-533

Solaris Device Configuration Assistant, 61

Solaris Live Upgrade, 25, 558

to install Web Start Flash archive, 538-539

Solaris Management Console

for crontab jobs, 248, 249

Disks node, 166

for group management, 97, 97-98, 98

for hard drive management, 166-168, 167

for hot spare pool management, 407-408

Patch Tool, 38

for process management, 240-242

Processes node, 241

for RAID 1 management, 395, 395-397, 396

for RAID 5 management, 399, 399-400

for role management, 437-439, 438

scheduling processes with, 248, 249

for soft partition management, 401, 402

for user account management, 90, 90-92

Solaris Print Manager, 215, 222, 222-224

adding printers from command line, 224-225

Solaris Product Registry, 33, 33

Solaris Volume Manager, 6, 159, 370, 374-410, 564

commands, 375-376

and crash dumps, 376

disk set management, 408-409

exam essentials, 411-412

graphical interface, 375

key files, 376-377

overview, 374-378

for RAID management, 382-400

RAID 0 (disk striping), 382-388

RAID 1 (disk mirroring), 388-397

RAID 5 (disk striping with parity), 397-400

RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks), optimization, 409-410

soft partition management, 400-403

state databases, 378-382

managing replicas from command line, 379-380

managing replicas graphically, 380-382, 381

volume details, 377-378

Solstice DiskSuite, 374. See also Solaris Volume Manager

source files, 564

preparation, 483-485

SPARC (Scalable Processor Architecture) computers, 5, 564

boot process, 50

phases, 51

run control (rc) scripts, 68-69

run levels, 67-68

system initialization, 64-67

system shutdown, 69-71

for server, 69-70

for workstation, 70-71

troubleshooting hung system, 71-72

spawning, 237, 564

SPECFS (Special File System), 189, 327

.speed command, 56

spool directory, default, 34

spooling space on print server, 220-221, 235

spray command, 313

SSH (Secure Shell), 7

star network, 299

statd daemon, 345

state database replica, 564

state databases, 378-382, 564

managing replicas from command line, 379-380

managing replicas graphically, 380-382, 381

state flag in UFS, 189

statistics, for cache, 335

sticky bit, 136, 564

Stop key sequence, for hung computer, 71

striped volumes, 383

expanding, 385

su (switch users) command, 103, 435

submirrors, 388, 564

managing, 392

primary, 390

states, 393

subnets, 304

/etc/inet/netmasks file for, 306

Sun operation system (SunOS), 4

Sun StorEdge Instant Image tool, 272

Sun Yellow Pages (YP), 478

sun4m computer platform, 21

sun4u computer platform, 21

suninstall, 23, 27-28, 564

to install Web Start Flash archive, 537

SunScreen, 6

SUNWCall software package, 528

SUNWCprog software package, 528

SUNWCreq software package, 528

SUNWCuser software package, 528

SUNWCXall software package, 528

SUNWypr software package, 481

SUNWypu software package, 481

superblock, 186-187, 564

restoring bad, 195

superuser account

to remove software packages, 36

switching to, 103

suspending process, 242

swap command, 337-338

swap slice, 21

swap space, 22

for print server, 221

SWAPFS (Swap File System), 188-189, 327, 336-339, 564

adding more space, 338-339

allocating, 337

monitoring usage, 337-338

swapper, 65

switches, 300, 564

switching users, 103

symbolic mode, 564

chmod command in, 131-133

symbolic (soft) links, 129, 563

SYS class, 244

sys username, 85

sysdef command, 152-154

sysidcfg file, 26, 564

sysinit value for action field, 66

syslog service, 452, 564

syslog.conf file

configuring, 453-456

lpr.debug variable, 218, 236

syslogd daemon, 452, 564

system access, controlling and monitoring, 129-138

system disk, 160, 564

replacing, 170

system information, displaying, 56-57, 151-154

system initialization, on SPARC computer, 64-67

system logging, 452-459, 564

exam essentials, 459-460

inetd process configuration, 458

log file management, 456-457

logger command, 457-458

real world scenario, 459

syslog.conf file, configuring, 453-456

system memory, forcing crash dumps, 62

system shutdown on SPARC computer, 69-71

for server, 69-70

for workstation, 70-71

System V Release 4 (SVR4), 565

system_type keyword for profile, 528