Solaris Operating Environment Boot Camp
Solaris Operating Environment Boot Camp
ISBN: 0130342874
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 301
Pages: 301
Authors: David Rhodes, Dominic Butler
- Main Page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Objectives
- Chapter Format
- Conventions Used
- Code Examples
- Public Domain Tools
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. The System Administrator s Role
- The Importance of a System Administrator
- Who Is the System Administrator?
- Chapter 2. Booting and Halting the System
- Objectives
- Switching On
- The Boot Process
- Solaris Processes
- Switching Off
- The OpenBoot PROM
- Chapter 3. User Administration
- Objectives
- What Are Users?
- What Are Groups?
- UIDs and GIDs
- Password File
- Shadow File
- Group File
- Primary and Secondary Groups
- The Implementation
- Using RBAC
- Creating a Custom Script
- Checking the Files
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4. Permissions and All That
- Objectives
- Why Do We Need Permissions?
- How Permissions Are Represented
- Setting Permissions
- Access Control Lists
- The Implementation
- Octal Permissions Lookup Table
- Chapter 5. Shells
- Objectives
- What Is a Shell?
- What Shells? C Shells?
- Shell Variables
- Assigning Shells to Users
- Running Commands
- Wildcards
- Hiding Things from the Shell
- Command Substitution
- Shortcuts
- What Else Does the Shell Do?
- Shell Start-Up Files
- The Implementation
- Example Shell Scripts
- Chapter 6. The Filesystem and Its Contents
- Objectives
- What Is a Filesystem?
- Why Do We Use Filesystems?
- Preparing the Disk to Receive Filesystems
- What Type of Filesystem Should We Use?
- Creating and Removing Filesystems
- Files and Directories
- Log Files
- The Implementation
- Chapter 7. Swap Space
- Objectives
- Swapping and Paging
- The Scheduler
- How Big Should It Be?
- Swap Locations
- Monitoring Swap Space
- Chapter 8. Administering Packages
- Objectives
- What Is a Package?
- Using Packages
- What Packages Have I Got Loaded?
- Adding, Removing, and Checking Packages
- Dissecting a Package
- Advanced Concepts
- Creating Your Own Packages
- Chapter 9. Patching the System
- Objectives
- What Are Patches?
- Files and Their Locations
- Determining What s Installed
- Adding Patches
- Obsolete Patches
- Removing Patches
- Checking the System
- Chapter 10. Administering Quotas
- Objectives
- What Are Quotas?
- Enabling Quotas
- Configuring the User s Quotas
- Checking the Limits
- Setting Default User Quotas
- Disabling User Quotas
- Automatically Checking the Limits
- Should We Use Them?
- Chapter 11. Connecting to the Local Area Network
- Objectives
- Description
- IP Addressing Schemes
- Choosing an IP Address
- Our Values
- Naming Systems
- Host Names
- Loopback Interface
- Initial Network Testing
- Configuring the Interface
- Routing
- Connecting the Second Subnet
- Adding the Gateway
- Routing A Second Look
- Address Resolution
- IPV6 The Next Generation
- Traceroute
- Conclusion
- Chapter 12. Naming Services and NIS
- Objectives
- Naming Services
- Name Service Switch File
- How NIS Works
- NIS Domain Names
- NIS Maps
- Machine Types and Daemons
- Our Machines
- Build the Master Server
- Build the Clients
- Build the Slave Servers
- The Server Map
- Map Propagation
- Customizing NIS
- NIS Passwords
- Disabling NIS
- Chapter 13. Connecting to the Internet
- Objectives
- The Design
- Allocating an IP Address
- Configuring the Interface
- Adding a Default Route
- Enabling Host Name Resolving
- Checking the Connection
- Configuring the Remaining Systems
- Multiple Default Routes
- Chapter 14. Connecting Serial Devices
- Objectives
- Serial Communication
- Synchronous versus Asynchronous
- Speed
- Serial Devices
- Serial Ports
- Service Access Facility
- Remove Existing Port Monitors
- Adding a Terminal
- Ttyadm
- Line Settings
- Consoles and Serial Ports
- Adding a Modem
- Conclusion
- Chapter 15. Dialing in with PPP
- Objectives
- Point-to-Point Protocol
- Why Use PPP?
- The Components
- The System
- Building the Connection
- The Serial Port
- UUCP
- PPP
- Host Name Resolving
- Name Service Caching
- Routing
- The Completed Network
- Custom Scripts
- Conclusion
- Chapter 16. Configuring DNS
- Objectives
- What Is the Domain Name System?
- Why Do We Need It?
- DNS Hierarchy
- Servers and Resolving
- Zones
- Is It DNS, BIND, or Named?
- Our Configuration
- Zone Files
- Master Server
- resolv.conf File
- Starting Named
- Slave Server
- Testing the Servers
- Enabling Resolving
- Configuring the Clients
- Conclusion
- Chapter 17. Adding SCSI Devices
- Objectives
- Introduction
- What Is SCSI?
- Solaris Devices
- Adding the Disk
- Configuring LUNs
- Adding the Tape Drive
- SCSI Options
- Chapter 18. NFS, DFS, and Autofs
- Objectives
- Network Filesystem
- Distributed Filesystem
- Autofs
- The Build Order
- Remote Procedure Call
- Configuring the Server
- Setting Up the Clients
- Server Share Options
- Access Lists
- Client Mount Options
- Authentication
- The Autofs
- Our Configuration
- Metacharacters
- Client Failover
- Testing
- Naming Services and Autofs
- Conclusion
- Chapter 19. Time, Date, and NTP
- Objectives
- Introduction
- System Time
- Host Names
- Rdate
- Network Time Protocol
- How NTP Works
- Our Configuration
- Which Is Best?
- Chapter 20. Setting Up The Mail System
- Objectives
- What Is Mail?
- Mail Protocols
- DNS and Mail
- Sendmail
- M4
- Sendmail and M4
- Our Configuration
- Aliases
- Conclusion
- Chapter 21. Kernels and All About Them
- Objectives
- What Is the Kernel?
- How Does It All Fit Together?
- Troubleshooting
- Kernel Modules
- The Etcsystem File
- Kernel Messages
- Chapter 22. Backing Up and Restoring the System
- Objectives
- Why Do We Need a Backup Strategy?
- What Is a Backup Strategy?
- How Do We Back Up the System?
- Remote Backups
- Backup Consistency
- The Implementation
- Appendix A. Settings Used Throughout the Book
- Overview
- Appendix B. Security Checklist
- Objectives
- Description
- User Security
- File Security
- Network Security
- General Security
- INDEX
- SYMBOL
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- C
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- F
- G
- H
- I
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- N
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- Q
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Solaris Operating Environment Boot Camp
ISBN: 0130342874
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 301
Pages: 301
Authors: David Rhodes, Dominic Butler
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