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Author(s): Bill Calkins
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 1008
CramSession Approved Study Material......Page 2
Solaris™ 9 System Administrator Training Guide......Page 4
Copyright © 2003 by Que Certification......Page 5
A Note from Series Editor Ed Tittel......Page 6
Contents at a Glance......Page 8
Table of Contents......Page 10
About the Author......Page 22
Contributing Author......Page 23
We Want to Hear from You!......Page 25
How to Use This Book......Page 26
HOW THIS BOOK HELPS YOU......Page 32
CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS BOOK......Page 34
EXAM CX-310-014......Page 35
EXAM CX-310-015......Page 36
EXAM CX-310-016 (SOLARIS 9 UPGRADE EXAM)......Page 37
ADVICE ON TAKING THE EXAM......Page 38
LEARNING AS A PROCESS......Page 40
STUDY TIPS......Page 41
EXAM PREP TIPS......Page 42
PART I EXAM PREPARATION......Page 46
CHAPTER 1 Managing File Systems......Page 48
DEVICE DRIVERS......Page 53
PHYSICAL DEVICE NAME......Page 54
DEVICE AUTOCONFIGURATION......Page 59
USB DEVICES......Page 61
INSTANCE NAMES......Page 64
LOGICAL DEVICE NAME......Page 69
A FILE SYSTEM DEFINED......Page 71
DEFINING A DISK’S GEOMETRY......Page 72
SOLARIS FILE SYSTEM TYPES......Page 74
DISK SLICES......Page 77
PARTS OF A UFS......Page 97
THE ROOT (/) FILE SYSTEM......Page 100
COMPONENTS OF THE UFS......Page 109
CREATING A UFS......Page 112
UNDERSTANDING CUSTOM FILE SYSTEM PARAMETERS......Page 114
FILE SYSTEM OPERATIONS......Page 122
TUNING FILE SYSTEMS......Page 130
MOUNTING FILE SYSTEMS......Page 132
UNMOUNTING A FILE SYSTEM......Page 136
VOLUME MANAGEMENT......Page 142
INFORMATION ON FILE SYSTEMS......Page 161
CHAPTER 2 Installing the Solaris 9 Operating Environment......Page 190
INSTALLING THE SOLARIS 9 SOFTWARE......Page 193
REQUIREMENTS AND PREPARATION FOR INSTALLING THE SOLARIS 9 SOFTWARE......Page 194
SOFTWARE TERMINOLOGY......Page 196
DISK STORAGE......Page 205
METHODS OF INSTALLING THE SOLARIS 9 SOFTWARE......Page 209
UPGRADING THE OPERATING SYSTEM......Page 213
THE SOLARIS INSTALLATION PRECHECKLIST......Page 214
TOOLS FOR MANAGING SOFTWARE......Page 241
ADDING AND REMOVING SOFTWARE PACKAGES......Page 242
USING A SPOOL DIRECTORY......Page 243
LISTING AND VERIFYING INSTALLED PACKAGES......Page 252
SOFTWARE PATCHES......Page 254
INSTALLING A PATCH......Page 255
PATCH MANAGER (SMPATCH)......Page 260
PATCH TOOL......Page 264
GENERAL GUIDELINES......Page 267
CHAPTER 3 System Startup and Shutdown......Page 278
BOOTING A SYSTEM......Page 282
THE OPENBOOT ENVIRONMENT......Page 284
THE OPENBOOT ARCHITECTURE......Page 288
THE OPENBOOT INTERFACE......Page 289
GETTING HELP IN OPENBOOT......Page 290
PROM DEVICE TREE (FULL DEVICE PATHNAMES)......Page 292
OPENBOOT NVRAM......Page 298
OPENBOOT SECURITY......Page 306
OPENBOOT DIAGNOSTICS......Page 308
BOOTING A SYSTEM......Page 313
THE KERNEL......Page 323
SYSTEM RUN STATES......Page 327
SYSTEM SHUTDOWN......Page 337
CHAPTER 4 User and Security Administration......Page 358
ADMINISTERING USER ACCOUNTS......Page 362
SETTING UP SHELL INITIALIZATION FILES......Page 385
SYSTEM SECURITY......Page 394
THE SECURE SHELL (SSH)......Page 430
ASET......Page 434
COMMON-SENSE SECURITY TECHNIQUES......Page 436
CHAPTER 5 Managing System Processes......Page 452
VIEWING A PROCESS......Page 455
PROCESS TYPES......Page 473
USING SIGNALS......Page 476
SCHEDULING PROCESSES......Page 480
SCHEDULING PRIORITIES......Page 481
USING THE SOLARIS BATCHPROCESSING FACILITY......Page 485
CHAPTER 6 Managing the LP Print Service......Page 500
THE SOLARIS PRINT SERVICE......Page 503
SETTING UP THE PRINTER HARDWARE......Page 508
SETTING UP THE PRINTER SOFTWARE......Page 509
ADMINISTERING PRINTERS......Page 520
CHAPTER 7 Performing System Backups and
Restorations......Page 544
BACKUP MEDIA......Page 547
SOLARIS BACKUP AND RESTORATION UTILITIES......Page 550
THE FSSNAP UTILITY......Page 580
ZIP AND UNZIP......Page 583
WEB START FLASH ARCHIVE......Page 584
THE JAR UTILITY......Page 586
CHAPTER 8 The Solaris Network Environment......Page 596
NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS......Page 599
NETWORK INTERFACES......Page 618
NETWORK SERVICES......Page 623
NETWORK MAINTENANCE......Page 625
CHAPTER 9 Virtual File Systems, Swap Space, and Core Dumps......Page 634
THE SWAP FILE SYSTEM......Page 637
CORE FILE CONFIGURATION......Page 650
CRASH DUMP CONFIGURATION......Page 652
NFS......Page 654
AUTOFS......Page 666
CHAPTER 10 Managing Storage Volumes......Page 694
RAID......Page 696
SVM......Page 699
STOREDGE VOLUME MANAGER......Page 707
CHAPTER 11 Controlling Access and Configuring System Messaging......Page 714
ACCESS CONTROL LISTS (ACLS)......Page 717
ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL (RBAC)......Page 722
syslog......Page 737
CHAPTER 12 Naming Services......Page 750
NAME SERVICES OVERVIEW......Page 753
/ETC FILES......Page 754
NIS......Page 755
PLANNING YOUR NIS DOMAIN......Page 761
NIS+......Page 781
DNS......Page 784
LIGHTWEIGHT DIRECTORY ACCESS PROTOCOL (LDAP)......Page 788
NAME SERVICE CACHE DAEMON (NSCD)......Page 791
THE GETENT COMMAND......Page 793
CHAPTER 13 Advanced Installation Procedures......Page 802
JUMPSTART......Page 805
WEB START FLASH......Page 860
PART II FINAL REVIEW......Page 876
Fast Facts......Page 878
Practice Exam......Page 914
PART III APPENDIXES......Page 930
APPENDIX A Glossary......Page 932
APPENDIX B What’s on the CD-ROM......Page 948
APPENDIX C Using PrepLogic, Preview Edition Software......Page 950
Index......Page 956
