Preface

Sun Enterprise Authentication Mechanism 1.0.2 Guide describes how to install, administer, and use the SEAM 1.0.2 product. SEAM 1.0.2 provides the SEAM remote applications for the Solaris 9 release.

Most of this book is focused on the steps necessary to install, configure, and maintain the product. In addition, information for users about SEAM has been included.

Note -

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 designed for the following audiences:

System administrators and advanced users who need to install, configure, or administer a SEAM setup.
Anyone making use of the user-level commands provided by SEAM, such as SEAM versions of ftp or rcp.

Before You Read This Book

The information for users requires only a basic knowledge of the Solaris operating environment. The information for administrators, chiefly that regarding installation, configuration, and administration of SEAM, requires a broad knowledge of the Solaris operating environment, including network administration topics. The installation and maintenance section requires familiarity with standard Solaris installation procedures.

How This Book is Organized

Chapter 1, Introduction to SEAM provides an overview of the SEAM product.
Chapter 2, Configuring SEAM (Tasks) presents the procedures for installing SEAM 1.0.2 and configuring SEAM network application servers.
Chapter 3, SEAM Error Messages and Troubleshooting explains the more important error messages produced by SEAM.
Chapter 4, Using SEAM (Tasks) provides user-level instructions for using SEAM utilities such as ftp and rlogin.
Chapter 5, SEAM (Reference) describes all of the files that are included in the SEAM release. Also included is a detailed overview of the way the SEAM 1.0.2 product works.

Related Books

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

System Administration Guide: Security Services

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.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are 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	`#`