Solaris System Administrator's Guide - Softcover

Winsor, Janice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1562760807 ISBN 13: 9781562760809

Publisher: Pearson Education Ltd., 1992

Synopsis

This is the only SunSoft authorized guide to system administration for the SunOS system software, versions 4.x to 5.0. Solaris is an innovative GUI OS that is integrated with the powerful UNIX operating system. The book covers file systems, networking and security, printing, shell, and troubleshooting.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The best-selling tutorial and reference for Solaris system administrators.

• The essential guide to Solaris 8 system administration!
• Covers the latest features and management tools
• Administering users, devices, systems, networks, printing, and more
• Maximizing efficiency, productivity, and system availability

Solaris System Administrator's Guide, Third Edition is the perfect quick-start tutorial for system administrators new to the Solaris Operating Environment―and the perfect fast-access reference for veteran Solaris administrators. Thoroughly updated to reflect Solaris 8's latest management tools, it covers all aspects of day-to-day administration, showing exactly how to maximize efficiency, reliability, and availability in any Solaris environment. Coverage includes:

• Basic administration: superuser status, startup/shutdown, monitoring processes, and communicating with users
• Solaris commands: user and environment information, working with files and disks, redirecting output, reading manual pages, and more
• Solaris shells: Bourne, C, Korn, Bourne-Again, TC, and Z
• Administering user accounts, file systems, and roles-including Solaris 8's new Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Administering devices and systems: Service Access Facility, configuring additional swap space, creating local e-mail aliases, and more
• Administering network services: remote administration, Solaris AdminSuiteTM 3.0 tools, NIS+, IPv6, and more

From troubleshooting file access to tracking network performance, streamlining printing to backing up file systems, this book delivers authoritative, accessible information you'll use today―and every day.

About the Author

JANICE WINSOR, a permanent resident of Australia, is the author of the award-winning Advanced Solaris System Administrator's Guide and a recognized expert in Solaris system administration. Her most recent books include Solaris 7 Reference and Solaris 8 System Administrator's Reference. She is also the co-author of Jumping JavaScript, and More Jumping JavaScript and a noted artist whose work has been exhibited in the US and Australia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Education Ltd.
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1562760807
• ISBN 13: 9781562760809
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320