Book description
The widely used reference for experienced system administrators of the Solaris Operating Environment—now fully updated for the Solaris 8 platform.
Focuses on the tasks experienced sysadmins find most challenging
Completely updated for the Solaris 8 Operating Environment!
Includes extensive new coverage of WebNFS technology
Ready to leverage the full power of Solaris 8 software? Now there's a hands-on reference specifically for you. In Solaris 8 Advanced System Administrator's Guide, Third Edition, award-winning author Janice Winsor delivers hundreds of indispensible tips, step-by-step procedures, and quick reference tables, all focused on the features experienced administrators find most challenging. Thoroughly updated, this book's coverage includes:
The Solaris platform mail services, including detailed procedures for planning and customizing sendmail
Understanding the NIS+ nameservice environment, and configuring both servers and clients
All-new coverage of WebNFS technology—concepts, configuration, and day-to-day management
Advanced security coverage—authentication, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and the Automated Security Enhancement Tool (ASET)
New Service Access Facility services for terminals, modems, and printers
Software management—installation, removal, patching, and more
Automounter services, volume management, shell programming, and much more
No matter how well you know Solaris, this book will make you far more effective—just as it has for thousands of Solaris sysadmins worldwide.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Mail Services
- NIS+
- Automounter and WebNFS Services
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Service Access Facility
- Understanding the Service Access Facility
- Setting Up Modems and Character Terminals
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Setting Up Printing Services
- New Printing Features in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
- Solaris Print Package Redesign
- Print Administration Tools in the Solaris Operating Environment
- System Requirements for a Print Server
- Printer Configuration Information
- Introducing Solaris Print Manager
- Adding a Network Printer
- Using Print Client Commands
- Solving Printing Problems
- Application Software
- Introducing Shell Programming
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System Security
- Understanding System Security
- Using the Automated Security Enhancement Tool (ASET)
- Using Authentication Services
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Role-Based Access Control
- What Is a Role?
- Administrative Rights
- Primary Administrator Capabilities
- Granting Rights to a User
- Creating a Role
- Regular User Rights
- Rights Hierarchies
- Real and Effective UIDs and GIDs
- The RBAC Databases
- Commands That Use Role-Based Access Control Authorizations
- Commands for Managing Role-Based Access Control
- Volume Management
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Celeste's Tutorial on Solaris 2.x Modems and Terminals
- Introduction
- Celeste's Strategy for Configuring Modems and Terminals
- Tip and /etc/remote
- Basic Modem Programming
- Enabling Solaris for a Bidirectional Modem
- Enabling Solaris for a Dial-out-only Modem
- Setting Up a Terminal on Solaris 2.x
- Setting Serial Port Modes
- Configuring Serial Ports for UUCP
- File format: /etc/saf/{pmtag}/_pmtab and /etc/saf/_sactab
- Customizing the Login Message (Solaris 2.0–2.3)
- Customizing the Login Message (Solaris 2.4–higher)
- Solaris IA Issues
- Vendor List
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Product information
- Title: Solaris™ 8 Advanced System Administrator's Guide, Third Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2001
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780130277039
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