F

facility sources, 501

failed login attempts

logging, 203

monitoring, 201–202, 223

Fast Ethernet Protocol, 326

Fault Management Resource Identifier (FMRI), Solaris 10, 90, 346

fault tolerance, 13, 444

defined, 13

redundancy and, 13

fiber-optic network, 328

fields of an entry in the /etc/vsftab file, 151

device to fsck, 151

device to mount, 151

fsck pass, 151

FS type, 151

mount at boot, 151–152

mount options, 152

mount point, 151

fields of an entry in the /etc/inittab file, 74

FIFOFS (first in first out file system), 110

file

/etc/auto__direct

entries in, 420

fields in, 420

/etc/auto_home

entries in, 421

fields in, 421

/etc/auto_master

entries in, 418–419

mount point and, 419

/etc/default/passwd, 189

parameters in, 199

/etc/default/su, 205

/etc/dumpdates, 301

editing, 283

scheduled backups and, 283

ufsdump command and, 282

/etc/ftpd/ftphosts, 207

/etc/ftpd/ftpusers, 207, 209

login names and, 207

restricting access and, 207

/etc/group, 188, 190

/etc/hostname, 350

physical interface name and, 341

/etc/inet/hosts, 349, 356

/etc/ipnodes, 341

/etc/mnttab

file systems and, 159

/etc/nodename, 340

/etc/nologin, 202

/etc/passwd, 173–174, 187, 188, 190, 494

/etc/path_to_inst, 147, 149, 159, 160

handling problems with, 148

/etc/security/policy.conf, 485, 495

/etc/services

protocol-to-port mapping, 319

/etc/shadow, 187, 188, 190, 494

/etc/shells, 207, 208–209

/etc/syslog.conf, 489

/etc/vfstab, 150, 151, 159, 403

ftpusers

restricting access and, 208

ftphosts

restricting access and, 208

hosts.equiv

syntax of, 210

loginlog, 202

makefile

DIR value, 373

domain name resolver, 373

PWDIR value, 373

mkfile, 406, 433

mnttab, 163

nsswitch.conf, 391, 392, 396

creating, 364–365

entries in, 365–366

naming services and, 390

status codes and, 366

passwd, 171–172, 176, 188

comment field, 172

fields in, 172

GECOS field, 172

structure of, 171

syntax of, 171

path_to_inst

issues with, 147, 147–148

restoresymtable, 302, 308

ufsrestore command and, 296

.rhosts, 231

disabling, 209

remote login without password and, 209

syntax of, 210

rules.ok, 543

sulog

attempts to switch users and, 205

SWAPFS, 433

sysidcfg, 543

syslog.conf, 495, 501

var/adm/loginlog

failed login attempts and, 201–202

file ownership

changing with chown, 217–218

managing, 211

file permissions, 198, 213

changing with chmod, 215–217

the ls command, 212–215

managing, 211

system in Solaris, 212, 223

files, 16, 24, 223

access to, 223

components, 102

copying to tapes, commands for, 283

deleting, 122

only by file owner, 221

symbolic links and, 106

directory, 16

executing

permissions and, 219

links, 16

links, hard and symbolic, removing, 125

names, 16

owner, 220

reconnected, 127

regular, 16

security, commands, 212

in Solaris, 102–104

special, 16

storage on disks and, 121

transferring, 284, 289

types, 102

files, dumpdates

purpose of, 282–284

file system, 16, 301

backups, 276

restoring, 293–299

checking manually, 117

consistency checks and, 114, 120

copying to disks, 289

copying to tapes, commands for, 283

created during Solaris installation, 120

creation of, 16

default, created during Solaris installation, 110

default, Solaris installation and, 112

device (devfs), 107, 109–110

disk-based, 107, 108, 121

disk slices and, 141

distributed, 107, 108–109, 121

inconsistencies, 115, 121

detecting, 115

fixing, 115

hardware errors and, 123

improper shutdown and, 123

managing, 114–120, 123–124

reasons for, 115

managing, 101–129

memory, SMF and, 107

memory-based, 109, 109–110, 121

mirroring, 464

MNTFS, 154

mounted, 161

mounting, 107, 150

mounting and unmounting, 150–156

mounting from command line, 159

mounting to directory tree, 156

mounting with removable media, 155

network-based, 108

restoring, 274

sharing, 435

Solaris, 123

understanding, 123

space in, 118

state flags, 115

storage devices and, 16

supported by Solaris, 107

UFS

creating, 111–114

options for < 1 Tbyte systems, 107

options for > 1 Tbyte systems, 107

unmounting, 154, 156, 164

usage, monitoring through command line, 113

virtual file systems, memory-based, 125

firmware, 65

flash archive, 519–520

clones and, 519

creating, 520–522

installation, 519, 523

installing Solaris, 523–524

Solaris, 543

using and understanding, 519–524, 544

WAN boot and, 521, 523

floppy disk, unmounting, 161

formatting, low level, 138

format utility, 157

running, 144

system and, 144

tasks and, 144

frames, 315, 349, 351, 356

free hog slice, 143

ftp

access, 207, 209

/etc/ftpd/ftpusers file, 224

/etc/shell file, 224

restricting, 207–209

utility, 207