Preface

Failed Cross Reference Format provides information about Solaris^TM for ISPs^TM platform extensions and services. It discusses a wide range of topics, providing an overview of the software and examining the directory services schema, preinstallation requirements, and postinstallation scripts.

Who Should Read This Book

The audience for this book includes system administrators; the person who maintains multi-user computer systems, or a network; and individuals adding and configuring new workstations, setting up user accounts, and installing system-wide software.

How This Book Is Organized

This book contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1, "Solaris for ISPs Overview," discusses the features of Solaris for ISPs platform extensions and services.

Chapter 2, "How to Plan Your Installation," examines the various steps in the installation of Solaris for ISPs platform extensions and services.

Chapter 3, "Setup Guidelines," discusses the guidelines for configuring hosts for the installation of Solaris for ISPs platform extensions and services.

Chapter 4, "Installation Requirements," examines the host server requirements for the installation of Solaris for ISPs platform extensions and services.

Chapter 5, "Using Directory Services," describes the required directory structure and making entries in the directory from the command line.

Chapter 6, "Solaris for ISPs Directory Services Schema," provides reference material on the object classes and attributes added to the Sun^TM Directory Services schema.

Chapter 7, "Integrating Existing Service Applications," examines the requirements for integrating existing service applications with Sun^TM Internet Administrator^TM.

Solaris^TM for ISPs^TM Related Books

Documentation related to Solaris for ISPs includes printed manuals, AnswerBooks, and man pages. Each is listed below.

Manuals

The documents listed here are provided in printed version. These manuals are also available as AnswerBooks^TM and as on line help files on the CD.

• Solaris for ISPs Administration Guide part # 805-4874 (the book you are currently reading)

• Solaris for ISPs Installation Guide part # 805-4875

• Solaris for ISPs Command Reference, part # 805-4876

AnswerBook

These documents are provided as AnswerBook^TM on the CD.

• Solaris for ISPs Administration Guide, part # 805-5032

• Solaris for ISPs Installation Guide, part # 805-5031

• Sun Directory Services 3.1 Administration Guide

• Sun Directory Services 3.1 User's Guide

Man Pages

Each manual page, commonly known as a "man" page, discusses one subject, such as a user command or library function.

The location of Solaris for ISPs platform extensions and services man pages are listed below:

• The JDK 1.1.5^TM man pages are located in /usr/share/man.

• The FLEXLm man pages are located in /opt/SUNWste/license_tools/man.

• The Sun^TM Internet Administrator^TM console man pages are located in /opt/SUNWixamc/man.

• The Sun^TM Directory Services man pages are located in /opt/SUNWconn/man.

• The Sunscreen^TM SKIP man pages are located in /opt/SUNWicg/man.

• The host configuration man pages are located in /opt/SUNWisp/man.

• The Sun^TM Internet FTP Server^TM man pages are located in /opt/SUNWixfta/1.0/man.

• The Sun^TM Internet News Server^TM man pages are located in /opt/SUNWsns/man.

• The Sun^TM WebServer^TM (SWS) man pages are located in /usr/share/man.

The README File

The Solaris for ISPs README.1st file is a short file on the product CD that contains late breaking news, bugs, release information, and pointers to software readme files and documents for installing.

Other Related Documents

You may also want to consult the following books related to the subject matter discussed in this book.

• Automating Solaris Installations (A Custom JumpStart Guide), by Paul Anthony Kasper and Alan L. McClellan, SunSoft Press, 1995.

• Solaris Advanced Installation Guide, part # 802-5740-10.

Related Web Sites

You may also want to consult the following Web sites for information on the subject matter discussed in this book.

• http://access1.sun.com/Products/ISP/ for the required and recommended patches.

• http://skip.incog.com/spec/SKIP.html for SKIP documentation.

• http://www.javasoft.com/products/jdk/1.1/index115.html for JDK 1.1.5 documentation.

• http://www.nai.com/default_pgp.asp for PGP information.

• http://www.isc.org/ for reference on implementation of core Internet protocols.

• http://www.sun.com/servers/ultra_enterprise/sw/webstart/ for JumpStart installation.

• http://sunsolve1.sun.com/ for public patches.

Ordering Sun Documents

The SunDocs^SM program provides more than 250 manuals from Sun Microsystems, Inc. If you live in the United States, Canada, Europe, or Japan, you can purchase documentation sets or individual manuals using this program.

For a list of documents and how to order them, see the catalog section of SunExpress^TM on the Internet at http://www.sun.com/sunexpress.

Definitions of Typefaces

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files.
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.