Solaris Operating Environment System Administrator's Guide - Softcover

Winsor, Janice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131014013 ISBN 13: 9780131014015

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2003

Synopsis

Solaris System Administrator's Guide, Fourth Edition is the perfect quick-start tutorial for system administrators new to the Solaris 9 Operating Environment - and the perfect fast-access reference for veteran Solaris administrators. Thoroughly updated to reflect Solaris 9's latest management tools, it shows how to administer users, devices, systems, networks, printing, and other tasks and offers a way to streamline administration and to become more productive and efficient. Coverage includes new SMC Tools: System Status, System Information, System Configuration, Storage, Enhanced Storage, and Performance. The book includes detailed coverage of troubleshooting file access, tracking network performance, streamlining printing, and more -- every bit of it authoritative and accessible.

About this title

About the Author

About the Author

JANICE WINSOR, a permanentresident of Australia, is the author of the award-winning Advanced Solaris SystemAdministrator’s Guide. Her most recent books include Solaris 8 SystemAdministrator’s Reference, Solaris Management Console Tools, and Solaris7 Reference. She is also co-author of Jumping JavaScript and More JumpingJavaScript, and a noted artist whose work has been exhibited in the US andAustralia.

From the Back Cover

Solaris Operating Environment System Administrator’s Guide, Fourth Editionby Janice Winsor

The definitive, quick-answerresource for every Solaris 9 sysadmin.

• Fully updated! Covers Solaris 9 new Flash Install and Live Upgrade installation features, Secure Shell network commands, and much more

• Administering users, devices, systems,networks, and printing

• Maximizing efficiency, productivity, and system availability

Fast solutionsfor every Solaris 9 system administration challenge—directfrom Sun!

SolarisOperating Environment System Administrator’s Guide, Fourth Edition is the definitive quick-start tutorialfor every new Solaris system administrator—and the ideal fast-accessreference for every Solaris administrator, regardless of experience. Fullyupdated to reflect Solaris 9’s newest features and management tools, itcovers day-to-day administration tools and demonstrates how to maximizeefficiency, reliability, and availability in any Solaris environment.

Coverageincludes all this, and much more—

• NEW! Secure Shell network commands

• NEW! Flash Install and Live Upgrade installation features

• NEW! Allocate/deallocate/list devices commands; cdrw, rmformat, ssh commands; and more

• Basic administration: superuser status, boot processes, monitoring, and communicating with users

• Solaris commands: user and environment information, working with files and disks, redirecting output, reading manual pages, and more

• Solaris shells: Bourne, C, Korn, Bourne-Again, TC, and Z

• User administration: User accounts, file systems, and roles-including Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

• Device/system administration: Service Access Facility, configuring additional swap space, creating local e-mail aliases, and more

• Network services: remote administration, NIS+, IPv6, and more

From startup to backup, security to printing, this book delivers clearly written, accessible information you’ll use today—and every day.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131014013
• ISBN 13: 9780131014015
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544