List of Exercises

Chapter 3: Performing System Boot and Shutdown

Exercise 3-1: Rebooting the Hung System

Chapter 4: Managing File Systems

Exercise 4-1: Creating a UFS File System

Exercise 4-2: Checking a File System Manually

Chapter 5: Managing Disks

Exercise 5-1: Displaying Information on Devices Attached to the Solaris System

Exercise 5-2: Mounting a CD-ROM, Browsing Its Content, and Unmounting It

Chapter 6: Performing User Administration

Exercise 6-1: Creating a User Account with the SMC GUI Tool

Chapter 7: Performing Security Administration

Exercise 7-1: Capturing Failed Login Attempts

Exericse 7-2: Becoming a Superuser

Exercise 7-3: Setting Special Permissions on a File

Chapter 8: Managing Network Printers and System Processes

Exercise 8-1: Using the ps Command to View Processes

Exercise 8-2: Scheduling a cron Job by Creating and Editing a crontab File

Chapter 9: Performing System Backups and Restores

Exercise 9-1: Restoring the root (/) and /usr File Systems

Chapter 10: Working with the Solaris Network Environment

Exercise 10-1: How to Monitor Packets by Using the snoop Command

Chapter 11: Managing Naming Services

Exercise 11-1: How to Prepare Source Files for Conversion to NIS Maps

Exercise 11-2: Setting Up a Master Server by Using the ypinit Command

Exercise 11-3: Setting Up an NIS Slave Server

Chapter 12: Managing Virtual File Systems and Core Dumps

Exercise 12-1: How to Add More Swap Space without Repartitioning the Disk

Exercise 12-2: Troubleshooting an NFS Client Machine

Chapter 13: Managing Storage Volumes

Exercise 13-1: Accessing the SVM GUI

Chapter 14: Managing Access Control and System Messaging

Exercise 14-1: How to Create a Profile and a Role and Assign a Role to an Existing User

Chapter 15: Performing Advanced Installation

Exercise 15-1: Configuring a Zone

Exercise 15.2: Deleting a Non-Global Zone