Setting up a CD-ROM

To install from a CD-ROM, you need to have assumed an administrative role, given all allowed privileges to the CD-ROM device, allocated it, and changed the permissions on the parent of the mount point.

Give Mounted Media All Allowed Privileges

1. Log in as a user who can assume the admin role and assume it.

2. Open the Admin Editor from the System_Admin folder.

3. Assign all allowed privileges to mounted removable media in the /etc/rmmount.conf file, as in:

   mount * hsfs udfs ufs -o nosuid allowed=all

4. Write the file with :wq! and exit the editor.

Allocate and Mount the CD-ROM

In the admin role, at label admin_low, use the Device Allocation Manager to allocate and mount the CD-ROM drive.

1. Click the triangle above the Style Manager on the Front Panel to display the Tools subpanel. Click Device Allocation.

2. Double-click the CD-ROM device to move it to the Allocated Devices list.

3. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive and press the Return key.

4. Click Yes to the mount question.

   A File Manager pops up showing the mount point of the CD-ROM. (If it does not pop up, open a File Manager from the Front Panel, navigate to /, and double-click cdrom.)

   • When mounting the Trusted Solaris 8 installation CD, its pathname should be one of: /cdrom/admin-cdrom_0/trusted_sol_8_sparc or /cdrom/admin-cdrom_0/trusted_sol_8_ia

   • When mounting the Trusted Solaris 8 Supplement CD to install a package, its pathname should be something like: /cdrom/admin-cdrom_0/trusted_sol_8_sup1.

Modify Permissions of Mount Point Parent

This procedure is required for the system administrator (admin role) to install software packages.

1. In the File Manager, highlight /cdrom/admin-cdrom_0, the parent of the mount point.

2. From the Selected menu, choose Properties.

   Note that the directory, named CD-ROM_FOLDER, has mode 700, so it is not searchable. The following steps will fix that.

3. Click the Show Access Control List button, then Add …

4. Highlight the Mask entry and click Change.

5. Change the Mask to Read and Execute, and click Change.

6. Click Add…, and enter root in the User field, giving it Read and Execute.

7. Click Add, then click OK to exit the dialog.

8. Leave the File Manager up, available for the installation commands.