............................Contents


1. How to Find Information About Solaris Software	1
..Where Is the Information?	2
....Installing Software	2
....User Environment Management	3
....File System Management	3
....Peripheral Installation and Administration	4
....Network Administration	5
....NIS+ Configuration and Administration	6
....General System Administration	7
..What's In All Those Books?	9
....Solaris 1.x to Solaris 2.x Transition Guide	9
....x86: Installing Solaris Software	9
....SPARC: Installing Solaris Software	10
....Administration Application Reference Manual	10
....Administration Supplement for Solaris Platforms	11


....Software and AnswerBook Packages Administration Guide	11
....Common Administration Tasks	11
....Direct Xlib User's Guide	11
....File System Administration	11
....Name Services Administration Guide	12
....Name Services Configuration Guide	12
....TCP/IP Network Administration Guide	13
....NFS Administration Guide	13
....NIS+ Transition Guide	13
....Peripherals Administration	13
....Security, Performance, and Accounting Administration	14
....SunDiag User's Guide	14
....SunSHIELD Basic Security Module Guide	14
....User Accounts, Printers, and Mail Administration	15
....OpenBoot Command Reference Manual	15
....OpenBoot Quick Reference	15
2. Halting a System	17
..Init States	18
....· How to Determine a System's Init State	19
....· How to Change the Init State	20
..Choosing Which Shutdown Command to Use	21
..Shutting Down a System by Using `shutdown`	23
....· How to Shut Down a Multiuser System	23
....· How to Shut Down and Reboot a Multiuser System	24


....Overriding the `shutdown` Defaults	24
..Shutting Down a System by Using `init`	25
....· How to Shut Down a Single-User System	25
....· How to Shut Down and Reboot a Single-User System.	25
....· How to Shut Down Your System Quickly	25
3. Boot Files	27
..Kernel Modules Directory (`/kernel`)	27
..Kernel Configuration File (`/etc/system`)	28
..The System Initialization File (`/etc/inittab`)	28
..Run Control Files	31
..Understanding the Boot Messages File	36
....· How to Look at the Boot Messages	36
4. Adding Systems to a Network	37
..System Configurations	37
....Servers	38
....Standalone Networked Systems	38
....Standalone Non-Networked Systems	39
....Diskless Clients	39
....Dataless Clients	39
..Using Host Manager to Add Clients and Standalone Systems	40
....· How to Start Host Manager	40
....· How to Add Standalone System Information	42
....· How to Add Support for a Diskless Client	43
....· How to Add Support for a Dataless Client	46


5. Examining and Changing System Information	49
..Examining System Information	49
....Determining the PROM Version	49
....· How to Determine the Host Name	49
....· How to Print the Host ID number	50
....· How to Determine the Amount of Memory	50
....· How to Determine the Kernel Architecture Type	50
....· How to Determine the Processor Type	50
....· How to Determine the Operating System Release	51
....· How to Display System Information With the Workspace
.......Menu	51
..The `/etc/system` File	52
....Format of the `/etc/system` File	52
..Changing System Information	54
....· How to Set the Number of Processes per User	54
....· How to Change the Host Name of a System	55
....· How to Increase the Number of Pseudo-ttys to 256	55
....· How to Increase the Number of Lock Requests	55
....· How to Increase Shared Memory Segments	56
6. Using `crontab`	57
..Overview	57
....The `crontab` Command	58
....The `cron` Command	58
..The Format of `crontab` Files	58


..Creating `crontab` Files	59
....· How to Create a `crontab` File	59
..Editing `crontab` Files	60
....· How to Edit Your Own `crontab` File	60
....· How to Edit the Superuser's `crontab` File	60
....· How to Edit Another User's `crontab` File	60
..Displaying `crontab` Files	60
....· How to Display Your Own `crontab` File	61
....· How to Display the Superuser's `crontab` File	61
....· How to Display a User's `crontab` File	61
..Removing `crontab` Files	61
....· How to Remove Your Own `crontab` File	61
....· How to Remove the Superuser's `crontab` File	61
....· How to Remove a User's `crontab` File	61
..Controlling Access to `crontab`	62
7. Accessing Remote Files and Systems	63
..Logging In to a Remote System	63
....· How to Log In to a Remote System	63
....· How to Log Out From a Remote System	64
....· How to Log In to a Remote System With a Different User
.......Name	64
....· How to Allow Remote Login by the Superuser	64
..Executing Commands on a Remote System Without Logging In	65
....· How to Execute a Command on a Remote System	65


..Checking Who Is Logged In to a Remote System	65
....· How to Find Out Who Is Logged In to Remote Systems	66
..Copying a File or a Directory Over a Network	66
....Copying a File or Directory With the `rcp` Command	66
....Copying a File With the `ftp` Command	68
8. Enabling and Using Crash Dumps	71
.. What Happens When a System Crashes	71
....Error Messages Created by a Crash	72
..What Is a Crash Dump?	73
....How Crash Dumps Are Created	73
..Enabling and Disabling Crash Dumps	74
..Recovering From a Crash	76
....What to Do if a System Hangs	76
....What to Do if Rebooting Fails	77
..Using a Crash Dump	78
..Additional Diagnostic Techniques	78
....Looking at Messages Generated During Booting	78
....Using System Error Logging (`syslogd`)	79