............................Tables


Table P-1 Where to Find System and Network Administration Information	xlv
Table P-2 SPARC and x86 System Administration Differences	xlix
Table P-3 Typographic Conventions	l
Table P-4 Shell Prompts	l
Table 1-1 Reserved UID Numbers	6
Table 1-2 Managing User Accounts and Groups Without AdminSuite.	11
Table 1-3 User Manager Limitations and Workarounds	17
Table 1-4 Fields in the `passwd` File	18
Table 1-5 Fields in the `shadow` File	20
Table 1-6 Fields in the `group` File	21
Table 1-7 User Initialization Files for Bourne, C, and Korn Shells	23
Table 1-8 Default User Initialization Files	23
Table 1-9 Basic Features of Bourne, C, and Korn Shells	25
Table 1-10 Setting Environment Variables in a User Initialization File	27
Table 1-11 Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions	27
Table 1-12 Values for `LANG` and `LC` Variables	31


Table 1-13 Permissions for `umask` Values	32
Table 2-1 Task Map: Setting Up User Accounts	38
Table 2-2 Task Map: Maintaining User Accounts	57
Table 3-1 System Type Overview	73
Table 3-2 Comparison of System Types	77
Table 3-3 Supported Server-Client Configurations	78
Table 3-4 Host Manager Limitations and Workarounds	80
Table 4-1 Task Map: Adding Server and Client Support	84
Table 4-2 Task Map: Maintaining Server and Client Support	107
Table 5-1 Reconfiguration Procedures	114
Table 5-2 Shutting Down a System	115
Table 5-3 Booting a System	116
Table 6-1 Solaris Run Levels	118
Table 6-2 Fields in the `inittab` File	120
Table 6-3 Run Level 3 Action Key Word Descriptions	122
Table 6-4 Run Level 3 Command Descriptions	123
Table 6-5 The `/sbin/rc0` Script	129
Table 6-6 The `/sbin/rc1` Script	129
Table 6-7 The `/sbin/rc2` Script	130
Table 6-8 The `/sbin/rc3` Script	131
Table 6-9 The `/sbin/rc5` Script	131
Table 6-10 The `/sbin/rc6` Script	131
Table 6-11 The `/sbin/rcS` Script	132
Table 7-1 Shut Down Commands	135
Table 8-1 Boot Type Descriptions	152


Table 8-2 Interactive Boot Procedure Steps	156
Table 9-1 Boot Type Descriptions	166
Table 9-2 Interactive Boot Procedure Steps	170
Table 10-1 Description of SPARC Boot Process	180
Table 10-2 x86 Boot Subsystems	181
Table 10-3 Description of x86 Boot Process	185
Table 11-1 Where to Access Diskettes and CDs	191
Table 13-1 Task Map: How CDs Are Typically Used	202
Table 13-2 How to Identify CDs	203
Table 14-1 Task Map: How Diskettes Are Typically Formatted	218
Table 14-2 How to Identify Diskettes	219
Table 14-3 Density Options	221
Table 14-4 Task Map: How Diskettes Are Typically Used	231
Table 15-1 Task Map: How PCMCIA Memory Cards Are Typically Formatted	246
Table 15-2 How to Identify PCMCIA Memory Cards	247
Table 15-3 Task Map: How PCMCIA Memory Cards Are Typically Used 257
Table 17-1 Admintool Software Management Capabilities	287
Table 17-2 Installing Sun Packages on Clients	290
Table 18-1 Commands for Adding and Removing Packages	294
Table 18-2 Installing Sun Packages on Clients in a Homogeneous Environment	303
Table 18-3 Installing Packages in a Heterogeneous Environment	305
Table 20-1 AnswerBook Environment Variables	342
Table 21-1 Task Map: AnswerBook Administration	346
Table 21-2 AnswerBook Installation Options	349


Table 22-1 Task Map: AnswerBook Network Setup	362
Table 24-1 Helpful Commands for Patch Administration	380
Table 24-2 Customer Patch Access Information	381
Table 25-1 Where to Find Instructions for Adding a Device	388
Table 25-2 Description of Kernel Modules	389
Table 26-1 Device Interface Type Required by Some Frequently Used Commands	407
Table 26-2 Controller Types	407
Table 27-1 Slice Differences on Platforms	415
Table 27-2 SPARC: Customary Disk Slices	416
Table 27-3 x86: Customary Disk Slices	417
Table 27-4 System Configurations and Slice Requirements	419
Table 27-5 Features and Benefits of the `format` Utility	420
Table 27-6 The `format` utility Guidelines	422
Table 27-7 Partition Table Terminology	424
Table 28-1 Task Map: Administering Disks	430
Table 28-2 SCSI Disk Slice Rules	452
Table 29-1 SPARC: Adding a System or Secondary Disk	463
Table 30-1 x86: Adding a System or Secondary Disk	479
Table 31-1 The `format` Main Menu Item Descriptions	495
Table 31-2 The `partition` Menu Item Descriptions	497
Table 31-3 The `fdisk` Menu Item Descriptions	499
Table 31-4 The `analyze` Menu Item Descriptions	500
Table 31-5 The `defect` Menu Item Descriptions	502
Table 31-6 `format.dat` Keyword Descriptions	504
Table 31-7 Required `disk_type` Identifiers	505


Table 31-8 `disk_type` Identifiers for SCSI Controllers	506
Table 31-9 Required Identifiers for Slice Tables	507
Table 32-1 Generic File System Administrative Commands	521
Table 32-2 Options and Arguments to Generic Commands	522
Table 32-3 The Default Solaris File Systems	524
Table 32-4 Fix-On-Panic Overview	532
Table 32-5 Fix-On-Panic Components	532
Table 32-6 Variables for `/etc/dfstab` Entry	540
Table 33-1 Default Parameters Used by the `newfs` Command	548
Table 34-1 Commands for Mounting and Unmounting File Systems	559
Table 34-2 General Mount Options	560
Table 34-3 Field Descriptions of the `/etc/vfstab` File	561
Table 35-1 Task Map for Setting Up a Cached File System	580
Table 35-2 Maintaining a Cached File System	589
Table 36-1 Setting Up CacheFS Statistics	602
Table 36-2 Statistics Output Terminology	609
Table 36-3 Cache Parameters and Their Default Values	610
Table 37-1 Default Swap Space Allocations	617
Table 37-2 Output of the `swap -s` Command	620
Table 37-3 Options to the `mkfile` Command	621
Table 38-1 Path Verification	627
Table 38-2 Octal Values for File Permissions	628
Table 39-1 State Flag Values	635
Table 39-2 When the State Flag is Modified	636
Table 39-3 Error Message Abbreviations	644


Table 39-4 `fsck pass field`	682
Table 39-5 The `fsck` Command Options and Arguments	691
Table 40-1 Default Directories for root (`/`) and `/usr` File Systems	695
Table 40-2 The `/kernel` Directory	701
Table 40-3 The `newfs` Command Options and Arguments	711
Table 41-1 Commands for Copying Files and File Systems	718
Table 41-2 Typical Media For Backing Up File Systems	719
Table 41-3 File Systems to Back Up For Standalone Systems	720
Table 41-4 File Systems to Back Up For Servers	721
Table 41-5 Tasks You Can Perform With the `ufsdump` and `ufsrestore` Commands	722
Table 41-6 Differences Between Full and Incremental Backups	723
Table 41-7 Daily Cumulative/Weekly Cumulative Backup Schedule	726
Table 41-8 Contents of Tapes for Daily/Weekly Cumulative Schedule	727
Table 41-9 Daily Cumulative/Weekly Incremental Backup Schedule	727
Table 41-10 Contents of Tapes for Daily Cumulative/Weekly Incremental Schedule	727
Table 41-11 Daily Incremental/Weekly Cumulative Backup Schedule	728
Table 41-12 Contents of Tapes for Daily/Weekly Cumulative Schedule . 728
Table 41-13 Schedule of Backups for an Example Server	729
Table 41-14 Other Recommendations for Scheduling Backing Up Systems 732
Table 44-1 Arguments to `ufsdump` to Specify Tape Capacity	779
Table 44-2 Tasks You Cannot Perform With The `ufsdump` Command	779
Table 44-3 Options for the `ufsdump` Command	781
Table 44-4 One Required Option for the `ufsrestore` Command	784
Table 44-5 Additional Options for the `ufsrestore` Command	785


Table 44-6 Commands for Interactive Restore	786
Table 45-1 When to Use Various Backup Commands	790
Table 45-2 Summary of Various Backup Commands	790
Table 46-1 Media Storage Capacities	818
Table 46-2 Basic Device Names for Backup Devices	819
Table 46-3 Device Abbreviations for Tape Controllers/Units and Media 821
Table 46-4 Designating Density for Rack-Mounted 1/2-inch Tape Drives 822
Table 46-5 Designating Format or Density for SCSI Tape Drives	822
Table 46-6 Specifying Default Densities for a Tape Drive	823
Table 46-7 Specifying Different Densities for a Tape Drive	823