System Administration Guide, Volume 2

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Chapter 1 Managing Printing Services Topics
Chapter 2 Print Management (Overview)
- What's New in Printing?
- Printing in the Solaris Operating Environment
  - Choosing a Method to Manage Printers
- The LP Print Service
- The Solaris Print Client-Server Process
Chapter 3 Planning Printers on Your Network (Overview)
- Distributing Printers on the Network
- Assigning Print Servers and Print Clients
- Print Server Requirements and Recommendations
- Planning for Printer Setup
Chapter 4 Setting Up Printers (Tasks)
- Setting Up Printing
- Setting Up Printing Task Map
  - Setting Up a Printer With Solaris Print Manager
- Starting Solaris Print Manager
  - How to Start Solaris Print Manager
- Setting Up a Print Server
  - How to Add a New Attached Printer With Solaris Print Manager
    - Example--Adding a New Attached Printer With LP Commands
    - Where to Go From Here
- Setting Up a Print Client
  - How to Add Printer Access With Solaris Print Manager
    - Example--Adding Printer Access With LP Commands
- Setting Up a .printers File
  - How to Set Up a .printers File
- Adding a Network Printer
- Converting Printer Configuration Information
- Converting Printer Configuration Information Task Map
Chapter 5 Administering Printers (Tasks)
- Managing Printers and the Print Scheduler
- Setting or Resetting Miscellaneous Printer Definitions
- Managing Print Requests
Chapter 6 Managing Character Sets, Filters, Forms, and Fonts (Tasks)
- Managing Character Sets
- Managing Print Filters
- Managing Forms
- Managing Fonts
Chapter 7 Customizing the LP Print Service (Tasks)
- Adjusting Printer Port Characteristics
  - How to Adjust the Printer Port Characteristics
    - Examples--Adjusting the Printer Port Characteristics
- Adding a terminfo Entry for an Unsupported Printer
  - How to Add a terminfo Entry for an Unsupported Printer
- Customizing the Printer Interface Program
- Creating a New Print Filter
- Creating a New Printer Form
  - How to Create a New Form Definition
Chapter 8 LP Print Service Reference Information
- The LP Print Service
Chapter 9 Working With Remote Systems Topics
Chapter 10 Working With Remote Systems (Tasks)
- What is a Remote System?
- Logging In to a Remote System (rlogin)
- Logging In to a Remote System (ftp)
- Remote Copying With rcp
Chapter 11 Managing Terminals and Modems Topics
Chapter 12 Managing Terminals and Modems (Overview)
- Terminals, Modems, Ports, and Services
- Tools for Managing Terminals and Modems
  - Admintool
  - Service Access Facility
Chapter 13 Setting Up Terminals and Modems (Tasks)
- Setting Up Terminals and Modems
- Troubleshooting Terminal and Modem Problems
Chapter 14 Setting Up Terminals and Modems With the Service Access Facility (Tasks)
- Using the Service Access Facility
- Overall Administration: sacadm Command
  - Service Access Controller: SAC Program
  - SAC Initialization Process
- Port Monitor Service Administrator: pmadm Command
- Port Monitors: TTY Monitor and Network Listener
- Administering ttymon Port Monitors
- Administering ttymon Services
- Reference Material for Service Access Facility Administration
Chapter 15 Managing System Security Topics
Chapter 16 Managing System Security (Overview)
- What's New in Solaris System Security?
- Where to Find System Security Tasks
- Controlling Access to a Computer System
- File Security
- System Security
- Network Security
Chapter 17 Securing Files (Tasks)
- File Security Features
- Displaying File Information
  - How to Display File Information
    - Example--Displaying File Information
- Changing File Ownership
  - How to Change the Owner of a File
    - Example--Changing the Owner of a File
  - How to Change Group Ownership of a File
    - Example--Changing Group Ownership of a File
- Changing File Permissions
- Searching for Special Permissions
  - How to Find Files With setuid Permissions
    - Example--Finding Files With setuid Permissions
- Executable Stacks and Security
  - How to Disable Programs From Using Executable Stacks
  - How to Disable Executable Stack Message Logging
- Using Access Control Lists (ACLs)
Chapter 18 Securing Systems (Tasks)
- Displaying Security Information
Chapter 19 Role-Based Access Control
- Overview of Role-Based Access Control
Chapter 20 Using Authentication Services (Tasks)
- Overview of Secure RPC
- Administering Diffie-Hellman Authentication
- Introduction to PAM
  - Benefits of Using PAM
- Overview of PAM
- PAM Functionality
- Configuring PAM
Chapter 21 SEAM Overview
- What Is SEAM?
- SEAM Terminology
  - Kerberos-Specific Terminology
  - Authentication-Specific Terminology
- SEAM Components
- How SEAM Works
  - Principals
  - Realms
    - Realms and Servers
- Security Services
Chapter 22 Configuring SEAM
- SEAM Administration Task Map
- Configuring SEAM Clients
  - How to Configure a SEAM Client
  - How to Finish the Configuration of a SEAM Client
- Configuring SEAM NFS Servers Task Map
- Synchronizing Clocks Between KDCs and SEAM Clients
- SEAM Client Error Messages
Chapter 23 SEAM Reference
- Ticket Management
- Password Management
  - Advice on Choosing a Password
  - Changing Your Password
    - Examples--Changing Your Password
- SEAM Files
  - PAM Configuration File
- SEAM Commands
  - Changes to the share Command
- SEAM Daemons
- Ticket Reference
  - Types of Tickets
    - Ticket Lifetimes
    - Principal Names
- How the Authentication System Works
- Gaining Access to a Service Using SEAM
- Using the gsscred Table
  - Which Mechanism to Select for the gsscred Table
Chapter 24 Using Automated Security Enhancement Tool (Tasks)
- Automated Security Enhancement Tool (ASET)
- Running ASET
- Troubleshooting ASET Problems
  - ASET Error Messages
Chapter 25 Managing System Resources Topics
Chapter 26 Managing System Resources (Overview)
- Where to Find System Resource Tasks
- What's New in Managing System Resources?
- Displaying and Changing System Information
- What Are Quotas?
- Executing Routine Tasks Automatically
  - Scheduling Repetitive Jobs: crontab
  - Scheduling a Single Job: at
- What is System Accounting?
  - Accounting Components
  - How Accounting Works
Chapter 27 Examining and Changing System Information (Tasks)
- Using Commands to Display System Information
- Using Commands to Change System Information
Chapter 28 Managing Disk Use (Tasks)
- Displaying Blocks and Files Used
  - How to Display Information About Blocks, Files, and Disk Space
    - Examples--Displaying Information About Blocks, Files, and Disk Space
- Checking the Size of Files
- Checking the Size of Directories
  - How to Display the Size of Directories, Subdirectories, and Files
    - Examples--Displaying the Size of Directories, Subdirectories, and Files
  - How to Display the User Allocation of Local UFS File Systems
    - Example--Displaying the User Allocation of Local UFS File Systems
- Finding and Removing Old and Inactive Files
Chapter 29 Managing Quotas (Tasks)
- Using Quotas
  - Soft Limits and Hard Limits
  - Difference Between Disk Block and File Limits
- Setting Up Quotas
  - Guidelines for Setting Up Quotas
- Setting Up Quotas Task Map
- Checking Quotas
  - How to Check for Exceeded Quotas
    - Example--Checking for Exceeded Quotas
  - How to Check Quotas on a File System
    - Example--Checking Quotas on a File System
- Changing and Removing Quotas
Chapter 30 Scheduling System Events (Tasks)
- Commands for Scheduling System Events
- Scheduling a Repetitive System Event (cron)
- Creating and Editing crontab Files
  - How to Create or Edit a crontab File
    - Example--Creating or Editing a crontab File
  - How to Verify a crontab File
- Displaying crontab Files
  - How to Display a crontab File
    - Example--Displaying a crontab File
- Removing crontab Files
  - How to Remove a crontab File
    - Example--Removing a crontab File
- Controlling Access to crontab
- Scheduling a Single System Event (at)
- Controlling Access to at
  - How to Deny at Access
    - Example--Denying at Access
  - How to Verify at Access Is Denied
Chapter 31 Managing System Accounting (Tasks)
- Setting Up System Accounting
  - How to Set Up System Accounting
    - Examples--Setting Up Accounting
- Billing Users
  - How to Bill Users
    - Example--Billing Users
- Maintaining Accounting Information
- Stopping and Disabling System Accounting
  - How to Temporarily Stop System Accounting
  - How to Permanently Disable System Accounting
Chapter 32 System Accounting (Reference)
- Daily Accounting
- Accounting Reports
  - Daily Accounting Reports
  - The runacct Program
- Accounting Files
  - Files Produced by runacct
Chapter 33 Managing System Performance Topics
Chapter 34 System Performance (Overview)
- What's New in Managing System Performance?
- Where to Find System Performance Tasks
- System Performance and System Resources
  - Sources of Performance Tuning Information
- Processes and System Performance
  - Commands for Managing Processes
- About Monitoring Performance
  - Monitoring Tools
Chapter 35 Managing Processes (Tasks)
- Displaying Information About Processes
  - The ps Command
  - How to List Processes
    - Example--Listing Processes
- The /proc File System and Commands
- Displaying Information About Processes (/proc Tools)
  - How to Display Information About Processes
    - Examples--Displaying Information About Processes
- Controlling Processes (/proc Tools)
  - How to Control Processes
    - Example--Controlling Processes
- Killing a Process (pkill)
  - How to Kill a Process
- Managing Process Class Information
Chapter 36 Monitoring Performance (Tasks)
- Displaying Virtual Memory Statistics (vmstat)
- Displaying Disk Utilization Information (iostat n)
  - How to Display Disk Utilization Information (iostat)
    - Example--Displaying Disk Utilization Information
  - How to Display Extended Disk Statistics (iostat -xtc)
- Displaying Disk Usage Statistics (df)
  - How to Display File System Information (df)
    - Example--Displaying File System Information
- Monitoring System Activities (sar)
Chapter 37 Troubleshooting Solaris Software Topics
Chapter 38 Troubleshooting Software Problems (Overview)
- Where to Find Software Troubleshooting Tasks
- What's New in System Troubleshooting?
- Troubleshooting a System Crash
  - What to Do if the System Crashes
  - Gathering Troubleshooting Data
- Troubleshooting a System Crash Checklist
- Viewing System Messages
  - How to View System Messages
    - Example--Viewing System Messages
- Customizing System Message Logging
  - How to Customize System Message Logging
    - Example--Customizing Message System Logging
- Enabling Remote Console Messaging
Chapter 39 Managing System Crash Information
- System Crashes
  - System Crash Files and Core Files
- Managing Core Files (coreadm)
- Managing System Crash Dump Information (dumpadm)
  - System Crash Dump Features
  - The dumpadm Command
    - How the dumpadm Command Works
- Saving Crash Dumps
- Managing System Crash Information Task Map
Chapter 40 Troubleshooting Miscellaneous Software Problems
- What to Do If Rebooting Fails
  - SPARC: Troubleshooting 64-bit Solaris Boot Problems
- What to Do if a System Hangs
- What to Do if a File System Fills Up
  - File System Fills Up Because a Large File or Directory Was Created
  - A TMPFS File System is Full Because the System Ran Out of Memory
- What to Do if File ACLs Are Lost After Copy or Restore
- Troubleshooting Backup Problems
Chapter 41 Troubleshooting File Access Problems
- Solving Problems With Search Paths (Command not found)
  - How to Diagnose and Correct Search Path Problems
    - Example--Diagnosing and Correcting Search Path Problems
- Solving File Access Problems
  - Changing File and Group Ownerships
- Recognizing Problems With Network Access
Chapter 42 Troubleshooting Printing Problems
- Tips on Troubleshooting Printing Problems
- Troubleshooting Printing Problems
Chapter 43 Troubleshooting File System Problems
- fsck Error Messages
Chapter 44 Troubleshooting Software Administration Problems
- What's New in Troubleshooting Software Administration Problems?
- Specific Software Administration Errors
- General Software Administration Problems
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