Publisher's Synopsis
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 Administrators 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 8s 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 8s 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 youll use today - and every day.
