This chapter provides a roadmap to Solaris management tools.
These tools are new or changed as of the Oracle Solaris 10 initial 3/05 release:
admintool – Starting with Oracle Solaris 10, this tool is no longer available
Package and Patch Tool Enhancements
For a complete listing of new features and a description of Oracle Solaris releases, see Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 What’s New.
The following table provides a brief description of new or changed management tools.
Table 1–1 New or Changed Management Tools in the Oracle Solaris Release
Solaris Management Tool |
Description |
For More Information |
---|---|---|
admintool |
This tool is no longer available.
Alternative tools include the following:
|
Setting Up User Accounts (Task Map) Managing Software With the Oracle Solaris Product Registry GUI (Task Map) |
Package and Patch Tools |
Starting with Oracle Solaris 10, 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 23, Managing Patches by Using the patchadd Command (Tasks) |
Solaris Print Manager |
Expanded printer support in Solaris Print Manager includes the following features, which were introduced in Oracle Solaris 10:
|
What’s New in Printing? in System Administration Guide: Printing |
This section provides information about tools that are primarily used to manage users, groups, clients, disks, printers, and serial ports.
The following table lists the various Oracle Solaris management GUI tools and whether they are currently supported.
Table 1–2 Matrix of Solaris Management Tool Support
Solaris 9 |
Solaris 10 |
|
---|---|---|
admintool |
Supported |
Not supported |
Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Solstice AdminSuite 3.0 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Solaris Management Tools 1.0 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Solaris Management Tools 2.0 |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Solaris Management Tools 2.1 |
Supported |
Supported |
If you need to perform administration tasks on a system that has a text-based terminal as the console, use Solaris Management Console commands instead. For more information, see Table 1–5.
This table describes the tools that are available in the Oracle Solaris release.
Table 1–3 Descriptions of 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 |
This table describes the tools that are available in the Solaris 9 releases.
Table 1–4 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 |
The following tables list commands that perform the same tasks as the Oracle Solaris management tools. For information on diskless client support, see Chapter 7, Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks).
This table describes the commands that provide the same functionality as the Oracle Solaris management tools. You must become 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 1–5 Descriptions for Solaris Management Commands
Command |
Description |
Man Page |
---|---|---|
smc
|
Starts the Solaris Management Console | |
smcron |
Manages crontab jobs | |
smdiskless |
Manages diskless client support | |
smexec |
Manages entries in the exec_attr database | |
smgroup |
Manages group entries | |
smlog |
Manages and views WBEM log files | |
smmultiuser |
Manages bulk operations on multiple user accounts | |
smosservice |
Adds OS services and diskless client support | |
smprofile |
Manages profiles in the prof_attr and exec_attr databases | |
smrole |
Manages roles and users in role accounts | |
smserialport |
Manages serial ports | |
smuser |
Manages user entries |
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 1–6 RBAC Command Descriptions
Command |
Description |
References |
---|---|---|
auths |
Displays authorizations granted to a user | |
profiles |
Displays execution profiles for a user | |
roleadd |
Adds a new role to the system | |
roles |
Displays roles granted to a user |
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 1–7 Oracle Solaris User and Group Command Descriptions
Command |
Description |
References |
---|---|---|
useradd, usermod, userdel |
Adds, modifies, or removes a user | |
groupadd, groupmod, groupdel |
Adds, modifies, or removes a group |
This table identifies where to find more information about management tools in the Oracle Solaris release.
Table 1–8 For More Information About Solaris Management Tools
Tool |
Availability |
For More Information |
---|---|---|
Solaris Management Console 2.1 suite of tools |
Solaris 9 and Oracle Solaris 10 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 and Oracle Solaris 10 |