Availability of Solaris Management Commands

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).

Solaris 10 System Management Commands

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	`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 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 1-6 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 1-7 Oracle Solaris User and 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)

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