System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Chapter 1 Solaris Management Tools (Road Map)

This chapter provides a roadmap to Solaris management tools.

What's New in Solaris Management Tools?

No new Solaris Management tools have been introduced in this Solaris release.

These tools are new or changed in the Solaris 10 initial 3/05 release:

admintool – Starting with the Solaris 10 release, this tool is no longer available
Package and Patch Tool Enhancements

The following table provides a brief description of new or changed Solaris management tools .

Table 1–1 New or Changed Solaris Management Tools in the Solaris Release


Solaris Management Tool	Description	For More Information
`admintool`	This tool is no longer available. Alternative tools include the following: Solaris Management Console to manage users and groups Solaris Product Registry to manage software Solaris Print Manager to manage printers Solaris Management Console to manage terminals and modems	Setting Up User Accounts (Task Map) Managing Software With the Solaris Product Registry GUI (Task Map) Chapter 4, Setting Up Printers (Tasks), in System Administration Guide: Solaris Printing Setting Up Terminals and Modems With Serial Ports Tool (Overview) in System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration
Package and Patch Tools	Starting with the Solaris 10 release, the package and patch tools have been enhanced. Use the `pkgchk` command with the `-P` option instead of `grep` `pattern` `/var/sadm/install/contents`. The `-P` option enables you to use a partial path.	Package and Patch Tool Enhancements Chapter 21, Managing Solaris Patches by Using the `patchadd` Command (Tasks)
Solaris Print Manager	Expanded printer support in Solaris Print Manager includes the following features. These features were introduced in a Solaris 10 release: `Never Print Banner` option Support for raster image processor (RIP) Support for PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files New `-n` option to the `lpadmin` command, which enables you to specify a PPD file when creating a new print queue or modifying an existing print queue The `lpstat` command output displays the PPD for a print queue that was creating by specifying a PPD file	What’s New in Printing? in System Administration Guide: Solaris Printing

Matrix of Solaris Management Tools and Supported Releases

This section provides information about tools that are primarily used to manage users, groups, clients, disks, printers, and serial ports.

This table lists the various Solaris management GUI tools and whether they are currently supported.

Table 1–2 Matrix of Solaris Management Tool Support


	Current Solaris Release Express	Solaris 10	Solaris 9
`admintool`	Not supported	Not supported	Supported
Solstice AdminSuite 2.3	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
Solstice AdminSuite 3.0	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
Solaris Management Tools 1.0	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
Solaris Management Tools 2.0	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
Solaris Management Tools 2.1	Supported	Supported	Supported

Table 1–3 Matrix of Solaris Management Tool Support in the Solaris 8 Release


	Solaris 8
`admintool`	Supported
Solstice AdminSuite 2.3	Not supported
Solstice AdminSuite 3.0	Supported
Solaris Management Tools 1.0	Supported
Solaris Management Tools 2.0	Supported (Solaris 8 01/01, 4/01, 7/01, 10/01, 2/02 releases only)
Solaris Management Tools 2.1	Not supported

If you want to perform administration tasks on a system with a text-based terminal as the console, use Solaris Management Console commands instead. For more information, see Table 1–6.

Feature Descriptions for Solaris Management Tools

This table describes the tools that are available in the Solaris Express release.

Table 1–4 Descriptions for Solaris Management Tools


Feature or Tool	Supported in Solaris Management Console 2.1?
Computers and Networks tool	Supported
Diskless Client support	A diskless client command-line interface is available
Disks tool	Supported
Enhanced Disk tool (Solaris Volume Manager)	Supported
Job Scheduler tool	Supported
Log Viewer tool	Supported
Mail Alias support	Supported
Mounts and Shares tool	Supported
Name Service support	For users, groups, and network information only
Performance tool	Supported
Printer support	Not Supported, but Solaris Print Manager is available as a separate tool
Projects tool	Supported
role-based access control (RBAC) support	Supported
RBAC Tool	Supported
Serial Port tool	Supported
Software Package tool	Not supported
System Information tool	Supported
User/Group tool	Supported

Feature Descriptions for Solaris 9 Management Tools

This table describes the tools available in the Solaris 9 releases.

Table 1–5 Feature Descriptions for Solaris 9 Management Tools


Feature or Tool	Supported in `admintool`?	Supported in Solaris Management Console 2.1?
Computers and Networks tool	Not supported	Supported
Diskless Client support	Not supported	A diskless client command-line interface is available
Disks tool	Not supported	Supported
Enhanced Disk tool (Solaris Volume Manager)	Not supported	Supported
Job Scheduler tool	Not supported	Supported
Log Viewer tool	Not supported	Supported
Mail Alias support	Not supported	Supported
Mounts and Shares tool	Not supported	Supported
Name Service support	Not supported	For users, groups, and network information only
Performance tool	Not supported	Supported
Printer support	Supported	Not supported, but Solaris Print Manager is available as a separate tool
Projects tool	Not supported	Supported
RBAC support	Not supported	Supported
RBAC tool	Not supported	Supported
Serial Port tool	Supported	Supported
Software Package tool	Supported	Not supported
System Information tool	Not supported	Supported
User/Group tool	Supported	Supported

Availability of Solaris Management Commands

This series of tables lists commands that perform the same tasks as the Solaris management tools. For information on diskless client support, see Chapter 7, Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks).

Solaris System Management Commands

This table describes the commands that provide the same functionality as the Solaris management tools. You must be superuser or assume an equivalent role to use these commands. Some of these commands are for the local system only. Others commands operate in a name service environment. See the appropriate man page and refer to the -D option.

Table 1–6 Descriptions for Solaris Management Commands


Command	Description	Man Page
`smc`	Starts the Solaris Management Console	smc(1M)
`smcron`	Manages `crontab` jobs	smcron(1M)
`smdiskless`	Manages diskless client support	smdiskless(1M)
`smexec`	Manages entries in the `exec_attr` database	smexec(1M)
`smgroup`	Manages group entries	smgroup(1M)
`smlog`	Manages and views WBEM log files	smlog(1M)
`smmultiuser`	Manages bulk operations on multiple user accounts	smmultiuser(1M)
`smosservice`	Adds Operating System (OS) services and diskless client support	smosservice(1M)
`smprofile`	Manages profiles in the `prof_attr` and `exec_attr` databases	smprofile(1M)
`smrole`	Manages roles and users in role accounts	smrole(1M)
`smserialport`	Manages serial ports	smserialport(1M)
`smuser`	Manages user entries	smuser(1M)

This table describes the commands you can use to manage RBAC from the command line. You must be superuser or assume an equivalent role to use these commands. These commands cannot be used to manage RBAC information in a name service environment.

Table 1–7 RBAC Command Descriptions


Command	Description	References
`auths`	Displays authorizations granted to a user	auths(1)
`profiles`	Displays execution profiles for a user	profiles(1)
`roleadd`	Adds a new role to the system	roleadd(1M)
`roles`	Displays roles granted to a user	roles(1)

This table describes the commands you can use to manage users, groups, and RBAC features from the command line. You must be superuser or assume an equivalent role to use these commands. These commands cannot be used to manage user and group information in a name service environment.

Table 1–8 Solaris User/Group Command Descriptions


Command	Description	References
`useradd`, `usermod`, `userdel`	Adds, modifies, or removes a user	useradd(1M), usermod(1M), userdel(1M)
`groupadd`, `groupmod`, `groupdel`	Adds, modifies, or removes a group	groupadd(1M), groupmod(1M), groupdel(1M)

For More Information About Solaris Management Tools

This table identifies where to find more information about Solaris management tools.

Table 1–9 For More Information About Solaris Management Tools


Tool	Availability	For More Information
Solaris Management Console 2.1 suite of tools	Solaris 9, 10, and Solaris Express releases	This guide and the console online help
Solaris Management Console 2.0 suite of tools	Solaris 8 1/01, 4/01, 7/01, 10/01, and 2/02 releases	Solaris Management Console online help
`admintool`	Solaris 9 and previous Solaris releases	`admintool`
AdminSuite 3.0	Solaris 8, Solaris 8 6/00, and Solaris 8 10/00 releases	Solaris Easy Access Server 3.0 Installation Guide
Diskless Client command-line interface	Solaris 8 1/01, 4/01, 7/01, 10/01, 2/02, Solaris 9, Solaris 10, and Solaris Express releases	Chapter 7, Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks)