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System Startup and Shutdown
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The Booting Process
Using Run Control Scripts to Stop or Start Services
Shutting Down the System
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OpenBoot
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OpenBoot Environment
OpenBoot Architecture
OpenBoot Interface
Getting Help in OpenBoot
OpenBoot Non-Volatile RAM (NVRAM)
OpenBoot Security
OpenBoot Diagnostics
Booting from OpenBoot
The Kernel
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Installing the Solaris 8 Software
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Requirements and Preparation for Installing Solaris 8
Software terminology (packages and clusters)
Disk Size Considerations
Device Naming (physical,logical and instance names)
Methods of Installing the Operating System
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Software Package Administration
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Tools for Managing Software
Adding and Removing Software Packages
Listing and Verifying Installed Packages
Using a Spool Directory
Installing and Removing Software Patches
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Setting Up User Accounts
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Adding, Deleting, and Modifying User Accounts with Admintool
Adding, Deleting, and Modifying User Accounts from the Command Line
Setting Up User Initialization Files
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Introduction to File System
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Hard Disk Terminology (defect list, label, partition table)
Solaris File System Types
Managing Disk Slices
Using the format Command
Internal Structure of a UFS File System
Creating a UFS File System
Customizing a UFS File System
Repairing a UFS File System
Mounting and Unmounting File Systems
Displaying Disk Usage Information
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Solaris File Systems: Advanced Topics
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The labelit Command
The volcopy Command
Using the fstyp Command to Tune a File System
The fuser Command
The /etc/mnttab File
Large versus Small Files
Managing CD-ROM and Floppy devices with the Volume Management Daemon
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System Security
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Logins and Passwords
Restricted Shells
Effective Versus Real UIDs and GIDs
Special Permission Bits (SETUID, SETGID, sticky)
Access Control Lists (ACLs)
Umask
Monitoring System Logins and Processes
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Network Security
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TCP Wrappers
Trusted Hosts (/etc/hosts.equiv and ~/.rhosts)
Restricting FTP Access
Securing Network Services Through the inetd Daemon
Restricting Root Access
SUDO
Automated Security Enhancement Tool (ASET)
Common Sense Security Techniques
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Process Control
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Viewing Processes (ps, pgrep, prstat, CDE process manager)
Understanding Signals
Scheduling Priorities
Scheduling Batch-Processes (at, crontab)
System Logging with syslogd
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The LP Print Service
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Understanding the Solaris Print System
Configuring a Print Server
Configuring a Print Client
Managing Printer Access
Managing Queues and Classes
Setting a Default Printer
Restarting the Printer Daemon
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Backup and Recovery
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The Importance of Backups
Types of Backup Devices
Backup Utilities (ufsdump, tar, cpio, dd)
Recovering the / or /usr File System
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Writing Shell Scripts
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Bourne Shell Basics
Variables
Conditional Statements
Looping Constructs
Functions
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Appendices
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Fast Facts
Study and Exam Prep Tips
Practice Exam
Web Start Method of Installing Solaris
Administration and Configuration of the CDE
The History of Solaris
Overview of the Certification Process
What's on the ExamGear CD-ROM
Using the ExamGear, Training Guide
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