Summary
Solaris 9 has several features common to the previous versions of Solaris OE, such as multitasking, multithreading, multiprocessing, and so on. However, Solaris 9 comes with several new features useful for the different categories of users. Solaris 9 provides several administrative tools, such as Solaris 9 Resource Manager, Solaris Volume Manager, Patch Manager, and Solaris WBEM Services 2.5. In addition, Solaris 9 supports enhanced security components, such as Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Protocol, Solaris Secure Shell, and Kerberos.
The Solaris architecture includes the kernel, the shell, and the file system. The kernel is the core of the operating system and is responsible for managing the system resources. The shell enables the kernel ...
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