Solaris 8 System Administration Supplement

Working With Diskless Client Management

You use the command line interface to work with the Diskless Client Management tool. By writing your own shell scripts and using the commands shown in Table 10–1, you can easily set up and manage your diskless client environment.

Table 10–1 Diskless Client Management Commands

Command 

Subcommand 

Task 

/usr/sadm/bin/smosservice

add

Add OS services 

 

delete

Delete OS services 

 

list

List OS services 

 

patch

Manage OS service patches 

/usr/sadm/bin/smdiskless

add

Add a diskless client to an OS server 

 

delete

Delete a diskless client from an OS server 

 

list

List the diskless clients on an OS server 

 

modify

Modify the attributes of a diskless client 

You can obtain help on these commands in two ways: