Preface

System Administration Guide, Volume 3 is part of a three-volume set that covers a significant part of the Solaris^TM system administration information. This book assumes that you have already installed the SunOS^TM 5.8 operating system, and you have set up any networking software that you plan to use. The SunOS 5.8 operating system is part of the Solaris product family, which also includes many features, including the Solaris Common Desktop Environment (CDE). The SunOS 5.8 operating system is compliant with AT&T's System V, Release 4 operating system.

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The Solaris operating environment runs on two types of hardware, or platforms--SPARC^TM and IA. The Solaris operating environment runs on both 64-bit and 32-bit address spaces. The information in this document pertains to both platforms and address spaces unless called out in a special chapter, section, note, bullet, figure, table, example, or code example.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended for anyone responsible for administering one or more systems running the Solaris 8 release. To use this book, you should have 1-2 years of UNIX® system administration experience. Attending UNIX system administration training courses might be helpful.

How the System Administration Volumes Are Organized

Here is a list of the topics covered by the three volumes of the System Administration Guides.

System Administration Guide, Volume 1

System Administration Guide, Volume 2

System Administration Guide, Volume 3

Related Books

This is a list of related documentation that is refered to in this book.

Solaris Naming Administration Guide
Solaris Naming Setup and Configuration Guide
System Administration Guide, Volume 1
System Administration Guide, Volume 2
Anderson, Bart, Bryan Costales, and Harry Henderson. UNIX Communications. Howard W. Sams & Company, 1987.
Cheswick, William R. and Steven M. Bellovin. Firewalls and Internet Security. Addison Wesley, 1994.
Costales, Bryan. sendmail, Second Edition. O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., 1997.
Frey, Donnalyn and Rick Adams. !%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks. O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., 1993.
Krol, Ed. The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog. O' Reilly & Associates, Inc., 1993.
O' Reilly, Tim and Grace Todino. Managing UUCP and Usenet. O' Reilly & Associates, Inc., 1992.
Stevens, W. Richard. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1, The Protocols. Addison Wesley, 1994.

Ordering Sun Documents

Fatbrain.com, an Internet professional bookstore, stocks select product documentation from Sun Microsystems, Inc.

For a list of documents and how to order them, visit the Sun Documentation Center on Fatbrain.com at http://www1.fatbrain.com/documentation/sun.

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.com^SM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.

What Typographic Conventions Mean

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions


Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`AaBbCc123`	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words, or terms, or words to be emphasized.	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	`machine_name%`
C shell superuser prompt	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	`#`