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About the Authors |
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Chapter 1 Installing the Solaris 10 Operating System |
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1.1 Methods to Meet Your Needs |
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1.2 The Basics of Solaris Installation |
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1.2.1 Installing Solaris on a SPARC System |
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1.2.2 Installing Solaris on an x86 System |
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1.3 Solaris JumpStart Installation |
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1.3.1 Setting up a JumpStart Server |
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1.3.2 Creating a Profile Server for Networked Systems |
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1.3.3 Performing a Custom JumpStart Installation |
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1.4 Upgrading a Solaris System |
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Chapter 2 Boot, Service Management, and Shutdown |
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2.1.5 Modifying Boot Behavior |
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2.2 Service Management Facility |
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2.2.2 state, next_state, and state_time |
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2.2.5 How SMF Interacts with Service Implementations |
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2.2.6 The Service Configuration Facility |
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2.2.7 Health and Troubleshooting |
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2.2.9 Backup and Restore of SCF Data |
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2.3.1 Application-Specific Shutdown |
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2.3.2 Application-Independent Shutdown |
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Chapter 3 Software Management: Packages |
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3.1 Managing Software Packages |
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3.2.1 SVR4 Package Content |
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3.2.2 Package Naming Conventions |
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3.3 Tools for Managing Software Packages |
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3.4 Installing or Removing a Software Package with the pkgadd or pkgrm Command |
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3.5 Using Package Commands to Manage Software Packages |
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3.5.1 How to Install Packages with the pkgadd Command |
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3.5.2 Adding Frequently Installed Packages to a Spool Directory |
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3.5.3 Removing Software Packages |
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Chapter 4 Software Management: Patches |
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4.1 Managing Software with Patches |
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4.3 Patch Management Best Practices |
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4.3.1 Proactive Patch Management Strategy |
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4.3.2 Reactive Patch Management Strategy |
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4.3.3 Security Patch Management Strategy |
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4.3.4 Proactive Patching When Installing a New System |
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4.3.5 Identifying Patches for Proactive Patching and Accessing Patches |
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4.4 Example of Using Solaris Live Upgrade to Install Patches |
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4.4.1 Overview of Patching with Solaris Live Upgrade |
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4.4.2 Planning for Using Solaris Live Upgrade |
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4.4.3 How to Apply a Patch When Using Solaris Live Upgrade for the Solaris 10 8/07 Release |
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4.5 Patch Automation Tools |
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4.6 Overview of Patch Types |
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4.7 Patch README Special Instructions |
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4.7.1 When to Patch in Single-User Mode |
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4.7.2 When to Reboot After Applying or Removing a Patch |
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4.7.3 Patch Metadata for Non-Global Zones |
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4.8 Patch Dependencies (Interrelationships) |
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4.8.1 SUNW_REQUIRES Field for Patch Dependencies |
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4.8.2 SUNW_OBSOLETES Field for Patch Accumulation and Obsolescence |
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4.8.3 SUNW_INCOMPAT Field for Incompatibility |
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Chapter 5 Solaris File Systems |
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5.1 Solaris File System Overview |
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5.1.1 Mounting File Systems |
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5.1.2 Unmounting File Systems |
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5.1.3 Using the /etc/vf stab File |
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5.1.4 Determining a File System Type |
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5.1.5 Monitoring File Systems |
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5.2.1 Creating a UFS File System |
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5.2.2 Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems |
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5.2.3 Using Quotas to Manage Disk Space |
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5.2.4 Checking File System Integrity |
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5.2.5 Using Access Control Lists |
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5.2.7 Using Extended File Attributes |
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5.2.8 Using Multiterabyte UFS File Systems |
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5.2.9 Creating UFS Snapshots |
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5.3 ZFS File System Administration |
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5.3.1 Using Pools and File Systems |
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5.3.2 Backing Up a ZFS File System |
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5.3.3 Using Mirroring and Striping |
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5.3.5 Using Copy-on-Write and Snapshots |
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5.3.6 Using File Compression |
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5.3.7 Measuring Performance |
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5.4 NFS File System Administration |
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5.4.1 Finding Available NFS File Systems |
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5.4.2 Mounting an NFS File System |
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5.4.3 Unmounting an NFS File System |
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5.4.4 Configuring Automatic File System Sharing |
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5.4.5 Automounting File Systems |
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5.5.1 Using the PCFS File System |
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5.5.2 Using the HSFS File System |
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5.6 Pseudo File System Administration |
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5.6.2 Using the TMPFS File System |
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5.6.3 Using the Loopback File System |
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Chapter 6 Managing System Processes |
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6.2 Monitoring the Processes |
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6.2.2 Grepping for Process: pgrep |
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6.2.3 Process Statistics Summary: prstat |
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6.2.4 Reap a Zombie Process: preap |
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6.2.5 Temporarily Stop a Process: pstop |
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6.2.6 Resuming a Suspended Process: prun |
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6.2.7 Wait for Process Completion: pwai t |
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6.2.8 Process Working Directory: pwdx |
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6.2.9 Process Arguments: pargs |
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6.2.10 Process File Table: pfiles |
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6.2.11 Process Libraries: pldd |
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6.2.12 Process Tree: ptree |
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6.2.13 Process Stack: ps tack |
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6.2.14 Tracing Process: truss |
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6.3 Controlling the Processes |
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6.3.1 The nice and renice Commands |
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Chapter 7 Fault Management |
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7.5 Managing Fault Management Log Files |
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7.5.1 Automatic Log Rotation |
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7.5.2 Manual Log Rotation |
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7.5.3 Log Rotation Failures |
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7.5.4 Examining Historical Log Files |
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7.6 Managing fmd and fmd Modules |
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7.6.1 Loading and Unloading Modules |
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7.6.3 Configuration Files |
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7.7 Fault Management Directories |
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7.8 Solaris Fault Management Downloadable Resources |
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7.8.1 Solaris FMA Demo Kit |
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Chapter 8 Managing Disks |
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8.3 Disk Device Naming Conventions |
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8.3.1 Specifying the Disk Subdirectory in Commands |
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8.4 Overview of Disk Management |
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8.4.2 Disk Labels (VTOC or EFI) |
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8.4.4 Slice Arrangements on Multiple Disks |
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8.4.7 format Menu and Command Descriptions |
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8.5 Disk Management Procedures |
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8.5.1 How to Identify the Disks on a System |
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8.5.2 How to Determine If a Disk Is Formatted |
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8.5.3 How to Format a Disk |
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8.5.4 How to Identify a Defective Sector by Performing a Surface Analysis |
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8.5.5 How to Repair a Defective Sector |
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8.5.6 How to Display the Partition Table or Slice Information |
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8.5.7 Creating Disk Slices (Partitioning a Disk) and Labeling a Disk |
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8.5.8 Creating a File System On a Disk |
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8.5.9 Additional Commands to Manage Disks |
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Chapter 9 Managing Devices |
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9.1 Solaris Device Driver Introduction |
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9.2 Analyzing Lack of Device Support |
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9.2.1 Device Does Not Work |
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9.2.2 Obtaining Information About Devices |
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9.2.3 Obtaining Information About Drivers |
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9.2.4 Does the Device Have a Driver? |
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9.2.5 Current Driver Does Not Work |
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9.2.6 Can a Driver for a Similar Device Work? |
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9.3 Installing and Updating Drivers |
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9.3.1 Backing Up Current Functioning Driver Binaries |
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9.3.2 Package Installations |
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9.3.3 Install Time Updates |
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9.3.4 Manual Driver Binary Installation |
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9.3.5 Adding a Device Driver to a Net Installation Image |
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9.3.6 Adding a Device Driver to a CD/DVD Installation Image |
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9.4 When Drivers Hang or Panic the System |
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9.4.1 Device Driver Causes the System to Hang |
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9.4.2 Device Driver Causes the System to Panic |
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9.4.3 Device Driver Degrades System Performance |
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9.5 Driver Administration Commands and Files |
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9.5.1 Driver Administration Command Summary |
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9.5.2 Driver Administration File Summary |
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Chapter 10 Solaris Networking |
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10.1 Introduction to Network Configuration |
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10.1.1 Overview of the TCP/IP Networking Stack |
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10.1.2 Configuring the Network as Superuser |
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10.2 Setting Up a Network |
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10.2.1 Components of the XYZ, Inc. Network |
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10.2.2 Configuring the Sales Domain |
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10.2.3 Configuring the Accounting Domain |
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10.2.4 Configuring the Multihomed Host |
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10.2.5 Setting Up a System for Static Routing |
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10.2.6 Configuring the Corporate Domain |
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10.2.7 Testing the Network Configuration |
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10.3 Monitoring Network Performance |
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10.3.2 if conf ig Command |
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10.3.5 traceroute Command |
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Chapter 11 Solaris User Management |
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11.1 Solaris Users, Groups, and Roles |
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11.1.1 File System Object Permissions |
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11.1.2 User Account Components |
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11.1.3 User Management Tools |
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11.1.4 User Management Files |
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11.2 Managing Users and Groups |
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11.2.1 Starting the Solaris Management Console |
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11.2.2 Adding a Group and a User to Local Files |
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11.2.3 Adding a Group and a User to an NIS Domain |
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11.3.1 Changing root from a User to a Role |
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11.3.2 Viewing the List of Roles |
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11.3.3 Assigning a Role to a Local User |
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Chapter 12 Solaris Zones |
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12.4 Network Interfaces in Zones |
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12.6 Packages and Patches in a Zones Environment |
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12.7.1 Zone Configuration |
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12.7.2 Viewing a Zone Configuration |
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12.7.3 Zone Installation and Booting |
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12.7.4 Zone Login Using the zlogin Command |
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12.8 Halting, Uninstalling, Moving, and Cloning Zones |
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12.9 Migrating a Zone to a New System |
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12.11 Listing the Zones on a System |
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12.12 Zones Usage Examples |
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12.12.1 Adding a Dedicated Device to a Non-Global Zone |
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12.12.2 How to Export Home Directories in the Global Zone into a Non-Global Zone |
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12.12.3 Altering Privileges in a Non-Global Zone |
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12.12.4 Checking the Status of SMF Services |
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12.12.5 Modifying CPU, Swap, and Locked Memory Caps in Zones |
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12.12.6 Using the Dtrace Program in a Non-Global Zone |
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Chapter 13 Using Naming Services |
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13.1 Using Naming Services (DNS, NIS, AND LDAP) |
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13.1.1 Naming Service Cache Daemon (nscd) |
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13.1.2 DNS Naming Services |
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13.1.3 MS Naming Services |
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13.1.4 LDAP Naming Services |
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13.1.5 Organizational Use of Naming Services |
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13.1.6 Network Database Sources |
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13.2 Name Service Switch File |
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13.2.1 Configuring the Name Service Switch File |
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13.2.2 Database Status and Actions |
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13.3 DNS Setup and Configuration |
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13.3.2 Steps DNS Clients Use to Resolve Names |
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13.4 NIS Setup and Configuration |
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13.4.1 Setting Up MS Clients |
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13.4.2 Working with MS Maps |
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13.5 LDAP Setup and Configuration |
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13.5.1 Initializing a Client Using Per-User Credentials |
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13.5.2 Configuring an LDAP Client |
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13.5.3 Using Profiles to Initialize an LDAP Client |
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13.5.4 Using Proxy Credentials to Initialize an LDAP Client |
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13.5.5 Initializing an LDAP Client Manually |
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13.5.6 Modifying a Manual LDAP Client Configuration |
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13.5.7 Troubleshooting LDAP Client Configuration |
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13.5.8 Uninitializing an LDAP Client |
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13.5.9 Initializing the Native LDAP Client |
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13.5.10 LDAP API Entry Listings |
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13.5.11 Troubleshooting Name Service Information |
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Chapter 14 Solaris Print Administration |
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14.1 Overview of the Solaris Printing Architecture |
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14.2.1 Printer Categories (Local and Remote Printers) |
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14.2.2 Printer Connections (Directly Attached and Network Attached) |
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14.2.3 Description of a Print Server and a Print Client |
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14.3 Solaris Printing Tools and Services |
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14.3.1 Solaris Print Manager |
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14.3.3 PostScript Printer Definitions File Manager |
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14.4.1 Berkeley Software Distribution Protocol |
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14.4.2 Transmission Control Protocol |
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14.4.3 Internet Printing Protocol |
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14.4.4 Server Message Block Protocol |
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14.5 Planning for Printer Setup |
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14.5.1 Print Server Requirements |
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14.5.2 Locating Information About Supported Printers |
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14.5.3 Locating Information About Available PPD Files |
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14.5.4 Adding a New PPD File to the System |
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14.5.5 Adding Printers in a Naming Service |
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14.5.6 Printer Support in the Naming Service Switch |
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14.5.7 Enabling Network Listening Services |
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14.6 Setting Up Printers with Solaris Printer Manager |
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14.6.1 Assigning Printer Definitions |
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14.6.2 Starting Solaris Print Manager |
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14.6.3 Setting Up a New Directly Attached Printer With Solaris Print Manager |
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14.6.4 Setting Up a New Network-Attached Printer with Solaris Print Manager |
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14.7 Setting Up a Printer on a Print Client with Solaris Print Manager |
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14.7.1 Adding Printer Access With Solaris Print Manager |
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14.8 Administering Printers by Using LP Print Commands |
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14.8.1 Frequently Used LP Print Commands |
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14.8.2 Using the 1ps tat Command |
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14.8.3 Disabling and Enabling Printers |
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14.8.4 Accepting or Rejecting Print Requests |
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14.8.5 Canceling a Print Request |
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14.8.6 Moving Print Requests from One Printer to Another. Printer |
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14.8.7 Deleting a Printer |
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14.9 Troubleshooting Printing Problems |
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14.9.1 Troubleshooting No Output (Nothing Prints) |
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392 | |
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14.9.2 Checking That the Print Scheduler Is Running |
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393 | |
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14.9.3 Debugging Printing Problems |
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393 | |
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14.9.4 Checking the Printer Network Connections |
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394 | |
Index |
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395 | |