D

daemon, 12

daemons

inetd, 346

nfsd

options for, 412–413

syntax of, 412

nscd

cache name databases and, 387

options for, 387

syntax of, 387

syslogd, 135, 495, 501

data

accessing, 211

copying from the system to storage media, 274

on hard disk, 274

link, 351

loss, 275

accidental removal of files and, 275

backups and, 301

fault tolerance and, 445

format utility and, 144

hardware failures and, 275

natural disasters and, 275

reinstalls and upgrades and, 275

system crashes and, 275

packets, 316

frames and, 325

persistent, 156

protection of, 274

redundancy

mirror and, 470

parity and, 447, 467

RAID 5 volumes and, 470

restoring, 305

saving, 71

storage of, 156

database etc/security/policy.conf, 496

datagrams, 320, 349

data security, file security and, 211

default settings, changing, 189

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), 313

device

aliases

creating and removing, 76, 80–81

permanent, 80

power cycles and, 95, 99

temporary, 80

directory, 122, 126, 128

drivers

path, 80

aliases and, 80

settings, modifying, 39

tree, 66

device, drivers

installing, 39

device, interface types

commonly used commands and, 138

device file system (devfs), 123

devices and, 110

Solaris 10 and, 110

system performance and, 110

device name, logical, 136–139, 164

components, 136–137

block or raw disk, 137

device directory, 136

drive number, 137

logical controller number, 137

physical bus target number, 137

slice number, 137

with a controller on an x86-based system, 139

SPARC-based systems, 136–138, 138

structure, 136

structure on a SPARC-based system, 136

x86-based systems, 138–139

device names, 138

instance names, 135–136

physical, 135

devices, 212, 223

configuring, 86–88, 94, 159

devfs file system and, 128

device directory and, 122

displaying information about in Solaris system, 148–149

as files in Solaris, 102

listing, 145–147, 159

listing and reconfiguring, 145–150

listing generated by commands, 145

mapping, 147, 148

naming conventions for, 135–139

reconfiguring, 149–150

root, 147

swap, 147

user, 147

devices, newly added

recognizing, 161

DHCP

Configuration Wizard, 526

configuring, command line and, 526

Manager, 525

DHP servers, configuring, 526

diagnostic mode, 99

diagnostics, hardware devices and, 66

digital signature, 52

digital video disk (DVD), 108

directories, 121, 212, 223

as files in Solaris, 103

directory

/dev, 149

/devices, 110, 149

/etc/security, 495

lost + found, 114

/tmp, 433

/var/spool/lp

printing and, 254

directory hierarchy, in Solaris, 104–105, 123

directory tree, 16–18, 19, 21, 24, 107, 132

absolute path, 17, 18

path, 17

relative path, forward slash with, 18

subtree and, 107

unified, 150

"you are here," 17

disk

architecture, 132–139, 158

blocks, 158

cloning, 289

controller, 133

cylinders, 133, 158

duplexing, 445–446

disk mirroring and, 446

EFI, 158

hard, 132

IDE, 144

labels, 141–142

EFI, 138, 142, 157

SMI, 138

mirroring, 445

disk duplexing and, 446

partitioning, 139–145, 155, 156, 158

option, 158

platters, 158

with tracks and sectors, 133

sectors, 133, 158

set, data loss and configuration, 467

slices, 140, 156, 158

differences between SPARC and x86 systems, 140

SPARC-based systems, 160

x86-based systems, 160

striping

data and power cycles, 447

improving performance through, 446–447

tracks, 133, 158

with tracks, sectors, and cylinders, 134

VTOC, 141, 142, 158

labels and, 157

disk-based file system, 107

disk-block addresses, 103

disk operating system (DOS), 108

disks

direct controllers and, 163

geometry of, 132–135

IDE, 144

managing, 132–164

names and, 156

disk space

information, 125, 128

commands for obtaining, 128

information, commands for obtaining, 125, 128

managing, 114–120, 123–124

monitoring usage, 117–121

users and, 126

disk system fault tolerance, implementing, 445–447

disk usage

determining, 119

by directories, 119

by directories and files, 124

by file systems, 123

by user, 124, 129

quot command and, 119

display

configuring, 86–87, 92

options, 31

distributed system, 13

distributed system, Internet as, 13

documents, as files in Solaris, 103

Domain Name Service (DNS), 51, 359–361, 389, 392, 396

client configuration, resolv.conf file, 390

domain name, 35

name services, 349

namespace, 359

naming hierarchy, 360

server, 396

uses of, 389

dotted decimal notation, IP address and, 333

"driver not attached" message, 147

drivers, 110

loading, 149

drop cable, 322

dump levels, 276, 295, 301

using, 282

duplexed disk systems, mirrored disk systems and, 446