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Solaris Transition Guide Update
Book Information
Preface
Who Should Use This Update
What to Expect From This Update
How This Update Is Organized
Related Books
Ordering Sun Documents
Accessing Sun Documentation Online
What Typographic Conventions Mean
Shell Prompts in Command Examples
Getting Help from Sun Microsystems WWW Site
Part I Transition Information for Users and System Administrators
1. Introduction
Advantages of Migrating to the Solaris Operating Environment
Comparison of SVR4 and the Solaris Operating Environment
2. Overview of Major Changes
3. Converting a SunOS 4.x System to the Solaris 8 Environment
What's New About Installing
What to Do Before You Install Solaris Software
Backing Up Files and File Systems Before You Install
Installing Solaris Software
Restoring Files and File Systems After You Install
4. Using the Compatibility Packages
Source Compatibility Package
Binary Compatibility Package
5. Security
What's New in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
Solaris 8 Security Features
Solaris 8 Security Related Documentation
Other Security Features
Security Options
Other Security Options
6. User Environment Administration
What's New in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
Selecting a Default Shell
Customizing User Environments
Window Systems
User and Group Administration
Using Mail
Using Document Tools
Man Page Organization Differences
7. Device Administration
What's New in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
Device Naming Conventions
Obtaining Disk Information
Adding Devices to the System
Using Volume Management
8. Startup and Shutdown
What's New in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
Booting
init
Shutting Down
9. File System Administration
What's New in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
File System Changes
Default File Systems and Directories
Virtual File System Architecture
Directory and File Changes
Using File System Administration Commands
UFS Logging
10. Setting Up a Solaris 8 Server to Support SunOS Release 4.x Diskless Clients
11. Managing Printers, Terminals, and Modems
What's New in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
Printing
Serial Port Management
12. Network Service Administration
What's New in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
Changes to TCP/IP
Changes to NFS
PPP
LDAP
IIIMP
UUCP
13. Using Name Services
What's New in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
Name Service Switch
NIS+
NIS and NIS+ Comparison
Planning an NIS+ Upgrade
DNS
14. Solaris Common Desktop Environment
Part II Transition Information for Developers
15. Compilers, Linkers, and Debuggers
What's New in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
Compilers
Linkers
Debuggers
16. Tools and Resources
ioctl() Requests
ptrace() Request Values
Libraries
Using make
Using SCCS
Determining Application Compatibility
Packaging Applications
Toolkits
Finding SunOS Release 4.x Tools
17. Networking and Internationalization
What's New in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
Networking
Internationalization
18. System and Device Configuration
What's New in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
System Configuration
Reconfiguration Boot
Device Naming From a Developer's Perspective
19. Device Drivers and STREAMS
Device Drivers and STREAMS Device Drivers
Device Driver Commands
Glossary
Index
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