Index

P

package keyword for profile, 528

packages. See software packages

packing CacheFS, 334-335

pages in memory, 336, 560

paging, 560

parallel write policy for RAID 1, 389

parent directory (..), 124

parent process, 65

parity, 560

disk striping with, 373

partial resynchronization, 390, 560

partitioning hard drive, 159-162

fdisk utility, 165-166

format utility, 162-165

tags, 161-162

partitioning keyword for profile, 528

pass numbers, 390, 560

passive hubs, 300

passwd command, 94, 104

passwd.adjunct.byname NIS map, 480

passwd.byname NIS map, 481

passwd.byuid NIS map, 481

password aging, 95, 560

password command, 60

Password field, in Admintool: Add User, 89

password field, in /etc/shadow file, 100

passwords, 59-60, 84

changing, 103-104

field in /etc/passwd file, 99

for ftp, 311

managing, 95

for new user accounts, 94

for roles, 436

Patch Analyzer, 29

Patch Manager, 6

patchadd command, 38-39

patches, 560

installing, 37-39

managing

with command line, 38-39

with graphical interface, 38, 38

removing, 39

upgrade and, 29

PatchPro application, 38

patchrm command, 39

Path field, in Admintool: Add User, 89

PATH variable, 108

pathnames

absolute, 122

relative, 123-124

pax command, 284

pboot, 63

PC cards, 201

PCFS (Personal Computer File System), 9, 187, 560

PCI architecture, 53

PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) cards, 201

performance

multiple physical disks for, 160

slow printing, 235

peripheral devices, and Web Start Flash, 534

permissions. See also Access Control Lists (ACLs)

displaying and changing, 130-134

SetUID and SetGID, 135-136

types, 130

Personal Computer File System (PCFS), 9, 187, 560

pfinstall command, 515, 531-532

pgrep utility, 238, 239-240, 244

to locate hung process, 72

physical address, 72

Physical layer (OSI), 301

physical memory, 336, 560

PID (process identifier), 8

ping (packet internet groper) utility, 312-313

pkgadd command, 34

for device drivers, 155

troubleshooting, 37

pkgask command, 35

pkgchk command, 35

pkginfo command, 35, 36

pkgrm command, 36

pkill command, 72, 238, 243-244

/platform/'uname-m'/kernel/drv directory, 151

plug-in device drivers, for booting, 51

pointers to files. See links

policies, of process scheduler, 245

PostScript filters, 234

power management, preconfiguration, 26

Power-On Self-Test (POST), 51

powerfail value for action field, 66

poweroff command, 70

Preboot Execution Environment (PXE), 60

Presentation layer (OSI), 302

Primary Boot Subsystem menu, 63

primary group, 96, 560

Primary Group field, in Admintool: Add User, 89

primary submirror, 390, 560

print client, 215, 560

print driver, 215, 560

print queue, 215, 560

preventing acceptance of print request, 232-233

print requests, scheduling, 219

print scheduler, starting and stopping, 226-227

print server, 215, 220, 561

configuring, 220-221

disk space requirements, 22, 220

print spooler, 215, 561

printenv command, to display NVRAM parameters, 59

printer classes, 561

printer definitions, 561

configuring, 227-229

setting, 221-222

PRINTER environment variable, 229

printer interface program, 561

printer port, 221

printing, 214-236

administration, 226-235

checking printer status, 226

enabling and disabling, 232

fault alerts and fault recovery, 230-231

limiting user access, 231-232

print filters and forms, 234

print request priorities, 234

of print requests, 232-233

print scheduler start and stop, 226-227

printer classes, 229-230

printer definitions configuration, 227-229

deleting printers, 234-235

errors, real world scenario, 235

exam essentials, 250-251

fundamentals, 215-216, 216

Line Printer (LP) print service, 216-219

commands, 217-218

log files, 218-219

printer interface program, 219

scheduling print requests, 219

printer setup, 220-225

printer definitions, 221-222

server configuration, 220-221

Solaris Print Manager, 222, 222-224

adding printers from command line, 224-225

troubleshooting, 236-237

priocntl command, 238, 245

priorities, 561

of print requests, 234

for processes, 244-245

privileged application, 428, 561

probe keyword for rules, 524

probe-scsi command, 56

/proc directory, 327-328

/proc file system, 185

process class, 561

Process File System (PROCFS), 188, 243, 327-328, 561

Process Manager, 242

processes, 8, 237-250, 561

exam essentials, 251

managing, 237-246

with graphical interface, 240-242

priorities, 244-245

terminating, 243-244

scheduling, 246-250

crontab command, 247-248

with at files, 249-250

with Solaris Management Console, 248, 249

troubleshooting, 246

PROCFS (Process File System), 188, 243, 327-328, 561

prodreg command, 33

prof_attr database, 432-433

manually editing, 437

profile diskette, 520, 561

profile field, 522

profile server, configuration, 518-520

profiles for JumpStart, 527-532, 561

examples, 529-531

keywords, 527-529

testing, 531-532

projects, 85, 561

prompt variable, 108

protocol, 561

protocols.byname NIS map, 481

protocols.bynumber NIS map, 481

prstat command, 238

prtconf command, 151-152

prtvtoc command, 160-161, 167

ps command, 238-239, 246

and PROCFS, 327

PS1 variable, 108

pseudo file systems, 188-189, 561. See also virtual file systems

psrset command, 238

ptree command, 238

put command, for ftp, 311

pwck command, 100

pwconv command, 100

pwd (print working directory) command, 122, 125, 277

for ftp, 311

PXE (Preboot Execution Environment), 60