The Solaris 9 Maintenance Update 3 Installation Guide explains how to install and back out the SolarisTM 9 Maintenance Update 3 (MU3) software. For late-breaking MU3 issues that were identified too late to be included in this guide, refer to the Solaris 9 Maintenance Update 3 Installation Guide at http://docs.sun.com.
If you need more information on general procedures for system administration, refer to the Solaris 9 System Administrator Collection.
This guide is for system administrators who are installing the MU3 software.
Chapter 1, Introduction contains an introduction to the Solaris 9 MU3.
Chapter 2, Installing the Solaris 9 Maintenance Update 3 describes the installation requirements and procedures for the Solaris 9 MU3 software.
Chapter 3, Backing Out the Solaris 9 Maintenance Update 3 describes the procedures to back out the Solaris 9 MU3 software.
Chapter 4, Known Problems contains a listing of the known bugs.
Chapter 5, Error Messages contains the error messages generated by the installation and backout scripts.
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The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Table P–1 Typographic Conventions
Typeface or Symbol |
Meaning |
Example |
---|---|---|
AaBbCc123 | The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail. |
AaBbCc123 | What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output |
machine_name% su Password: |
AaBbCc123 | Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value |
To delete a file, type rm filename. |
AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new words, or terms, or words to be emphasized. |
Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this. |
The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P–2 Shell Prompts
Shell |
Prompt |
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C shell prompt | machine_name% |
C shell superuser prompt | machine_name# |
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt | $ |
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt | # |