1. Booting the Workstation. Boot PROM and Program Phases. Kernel Initialization Phase. INIT Phase. Using the Run-Control Scripts to Stop or Start Services. System Shutdown.
2. Installing the Solaris 2.x Software. Minimum System Requirements. System Configurations. Disk Storage Systems. Basic Considerations for Planning Partition Sizes. Partition Arrangements on Multiple Disks. Device Drivers. Software Package. Methods for Installing Solaris Software. The Solaris Installation Process.
3. Introduction to File Systems. A File System Defined. Defining a Disk's Geometry. Solaris File System Types. Disk Slices. Parts of a UFS File System. How to Create a UFS File System. Understanding Custom File System Parameters. File System Operations.
4. System Security. Physical Security. Controlling System Access. Where User Account Information Is Stored. Controlling File Access. Monitoring Users and System Usage. Network Security. The .rhosts File. Securing Superuser Access. Automated Security Enhancement Tool (ASET). Common Sense Security Techniques.
5. Setting Up User Accounts. Adding User Accounts with Admintool. Deleting a User Account with Admintool. Modifying a User Account with Admintool. Adding a Group with Admintool. Setting Up User Initialization Files. Customizing User Initialization Files. Directories.
6. Software Package Administration. Tools for Managing Software. Adding and Removing Software Packages. Listing and Verifying Installed Packages. Software Patches. General Guidelines.
7. Administration and Configuration of the CDE. The Login Manager. The Session Manager. Starting the Workspace Manager. Customizing the Front Panel. Removing All User Customizations. Actions and Data Types. The Application Manager. The dtksh Shell. To Customize or Not to Customize.
8. Writing Shell Scripts and Programs. What Shell to Use? Bourne Shell Variables. Built-Ins. Shell Conditionals. Repeated Action Commands. Shell Functions.
9. The LP Print Service. The UNIX Print Service. Setting Up the Hardware. Setting Up the Software. Administering Printers.
10. Process Control. Viewing a Process. Signals. Scheduling Processes. Solaris Batch-Processing Facility.
11. Backup and Recovery. Solaris Backup and Restore Utilities. Pax. Ufsdump. Restoring a File System with ufsrestore.
12. Device Administration. Hardware Terminology. Software Terminology. Setting Up Modems and Terminals by Using SAF. Using the Modem. Adding a Terminal Through the Admintool.
13. Networking. Network Fundamentals. LAN. Planning the Network. Setting Up the Network. Network Security Files. IP Addressing. Name Service. TCP/IP Commands. Network Maintenance.
Appendix A: The History of UNIX. How It All Began. 1965-1969. 1970. 1970-1972. 1973-1979. 1982-1983. 1984-1987. 1988-1992. 1993. Late 1990s. Milestones in the Development of UNIX.
Appendix B: The Fundamentals of Client-Server Computing. The First UNIX Server. The Birth of the Workstation. Distributed Computing. UNIX Administration in a Mainframe Environment.
Appendix C: Overview of SCSI Devices. Appendix D: On the Web. Mailing Lists. Newsgroups. Web Sites. UNIX-Related Publications Available on the Web.
Index. 