This appendix contains the System Files reference table. This table lists all SunOS 4.x system files, and shows their status in the Solaris 2.6 environment.
If an interface is listed as "changed" (C), a brief description of differences between the SunOS 4.x and Solaris 2.6 file is provided.
If an interface is listed as "the same" (S), the Solaris 2.6 interface supports all features of the SunOS 4.x interface. In some cases the interface has been enhanced, but can be considered a complete superset of the SunOS 4.x interface.
If an interface is listed as "not available" (N), check the Notes section for information about its replacement.
For complete information on all Solaris 2.6 interfaces, see the man Pages(4): File Formats.
SunOS release 4.x |
SunOS release 5.6Status |
Notes |
---|---|---|
C |
Assembler and link editor output format |
|
S |
Execution accounting file |
|
S |
Addresses and aliases for sendmail |
|
S |
Archive (library) file format |
|
N |
Security audit trail file |
|
N |
Control information for system audit daemon |
|
N |
Current information on audit daemon |
|
C |
Automount map for home directories |
|
C |
Automount map for home directories |
|
N |
Tape archive file format |
|
N |
ATN and XTN compatible boards for DOS windows |
|
S |
Boot parameter database |
|
S |
Format of cpio archive |
|
S |
Table of times to run periodic jobs |
|
A |
Format of directories |
|
C |
Incremental dump format |
|
C |
User environment |
|
S |
Ethernet address to hostname database or NIS domain |
|
A |
Directories to export to NFS clients |
|
C |
Frame buffer table |
|
C |
File control options |
|
C |
Format of a 4.2 (ufs) file system volume |
|
S |
Format specification in text files |
|
A |
Static file system mounting table, mounted file systems table |
|
S |
List of users prohibited by FTP |
|
N |
Terminal configuration database |
|
S |
Group file |
|
N |
Group security data file |
|
C |
Prime/non-prime table for System V accounting |
|
S |
Host-name database |
|
S |
Trusted hosts by system and by user |
|
N |
Default options for indent |
|
S |
Internet servers database |
|
N |
Key mapping table for internationalization |
|
S |
Keyboard table descriptions for loadkeys and dumpkeys |
|
N |
Link editor interfaces |
|
|
Locale database |
|
S |
File command's magic number file |
|
A |
Mounted file-system table |
|
S |
List of network groups |
|
S |
Network mask database |
|
S |
File for ftp remote login data |
|
S |
Network name database |
|
C |
Password file |
|
N |
User security data file. See shadow(4). |
|
S |
Remote-host phone number database |
|
N |
Graphics interface |
|
A |
Printer capability database |
|
S |
Prototype job file for at |
|
S |
Protocol name data base |
|
S |
Public key database |
|
S |
Queue description file for at, batch, and cron |
|
S |
Sun's file format for raster images |
|
S |
Remote host description file |
|
S |
Configuration file for domain-name system resolver |
|
N |
|
|
N |
Available colors (by name) for coloredit |
|
S |
Trusted hosts by system and by user |
|
S |
Remote mounted file-system table |
|
A |
Root menu specification for SunView |
|
S |
RPC program number database |
|
S |
Format of an SCCS history file |
|
S |
Internet services and aliases |
|
S |
in.statd directory and file structures |
|
S |
statd directories and file structures |
|
A |
Initialization file for SunView |
|
N |
SunView device table |
|
S |
Configuration file for syslogd system log daemon |
|
C |
NIS systems file |
|
S |
Tape archive file format |
|
S |
Terminal driving tables for nroff |
|
term(5V) |
S |
Format of compiled term file |
S |
Terminal capability database |
|
S |
Terminal capability database |
|
N |
Table of contents of optional clusters |
|
N |
Input and output files for system message translation |
|
N |
Terminal initialization data |
|
S |
Primitive system data types |
|
S |
Time zone information |
|
S |
Configuration file for NIS updating |
|
C |
Login records |
|
S |
Format of an encoded uuencode file |
|
N |
Font formats |
|
N |
vgrind's language definition database |
|
N |
Directories to export to NFS clients |
|
N |
NIS aliases for sendmail |
|
S |
NIS database and directory structure |
|
N |
NIS group file |
|
N |
NIS password file |
|
N |
NIS printer capability database |