System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Feature Descriptions for Solaris 8 Management Tools

This table lists the tools that are available in the Solaris 8 release and various Solaris 8 update releases.

Table 1–4 Feature Descriptions for Solaris 8 Management Tools

Feature or Tool 

Supported in admintool? 

Supported in Solstice AdminSuite 3.0? (Solaris 8 and Solaris 8 6/00 and 10/00 only) 

Supported in Solaris Management Console 1.0? 

Supported in Solaris Management Console 2.0? (Solaris 8 1/01, 4/01, 7/01, 10/01, 2/02 only) 

AutoClient/Diskless Client Support 

No 

No (but an AutoClient CLI is available separately) 

No 

No (but a diskless CLI and AutoClient CLI is available separately) 

Disks Tool 

No 

No 

No 

Yes 

Job Scheduler 

No 

No 

No 

Yes 

Log Viewer 

No 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

Mail Alias Support 

No 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

Mounts and Shares Tool 

No 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

Name Service Support 

No 

Yes 

No 

For users, groups, and network information only 

Printer Support 

Yes 

Solaris Print Manager is available 

Yes 

No, but Solaris Print Manager is available 

Software Package Tool 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

No 

RBAC Support 

No 

Yes (rights support only) 

No 

Yes 

RBAC Tool 

No 

RBAC CLI is available separately 

No 

Yes 

Serial Port Tool 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

User/Group Tool 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes