GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment System Administration Guide provides information on how to administer a system running the GNOME 2.0 Desktop on the Solaris™ 8 operating environment and the Solaris 9 operating environment.
This book is for system administrators who are responsible for administering one or more systems that are running the GNOME 2.0 Desktop. For information on how to use the GNOME 2.0 Desktop, see GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment User Guide.
Before you read this book, you should ensure that you have some familiarity with the following topics:
UNIX® system administration
Structure of Extensible Markup Language (XML) files
How to use XML files in the context of system administration
This book is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, Using GConf describes how to use GConf
to manage user preferences.
Chapter 2, Customizing Menus describes the implementation of menus and how to customize menus.
Chapter 3, Installing Themes describes the types of theme that are available in the GNOME Desktop, how to install themes, and how to create a custom theme.
Chapter 4, MIME Types describes how applications detect MIME types, how to register MIME types, and how to add applications to the GNOME Desktop.
Chapter 5, Setting Screensavers describes how to set preferences for the screensaver. This chapter also provides information on how to modify the displays that are available for the screensaver.
Chapter 6, Session Management introduces session management, and describes how to set session defaults. This chapter also contains information on sessions and login scripts.
Chapter 7, Improving Performance describes how to improve the performance of the GNOME Desktop.
Appendix A, Hidden Directories describes the hidden directories that the GNOME Desktop adds to the home directories of users.
Glossary is a list of words and phrases found in this book and their definitions.
The following manuals are related to this guide:
GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment Accessibility Guide
GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment Installation Guide
GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment Release Notes
GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment Troubleshooting Guide
GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment User Guide
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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 | # |