Preface

Sun Enterprise Authentication Mechanism 1.0.2 Guide describes how to install, administer, and use the SEAM 1.0.2 product. SEAM 1.0.2 provides the SEAM remote applications for the Solaris 9 release.

Most of this book is focused on the steps necessary to install, configure, and maintain the product. In addition, information for users about SEAM has been included.

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The Solaris operating environment runs on two types of hardware, or platforms--SPARC^TM and IA. The Solaris operating environment runs on both 64-bit and 32-bit address spaces. The information in this document pertains to both platforms and address spaces unless called out in a special chapter, section, note, bullet, figure, table, example, or code example.

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Who Should Use This Book

This book is designed for the following audiences:

• System administrators and advanced users who need to install, configure, or administer a SEAM setup.

• Anyone making use of the user-level commands provided by SEAM, such as SEAM versions of ftp or rcp.

Before You Read This Book

The information for users requires only a basic knowledge of the Solaris operating environment. The information for administrators, chiefly that regarding installation, configuration, and administration of SEAM, requires a broad knowledge of the Solaris operating environment, including network administration topics. The installation and maintenance section requires familiarity with standard Solaris installation procedures.

How This Book is Organized

• Chapter 1, Introduction to SEAM provides an overview of the SEAM product.

• Chapter 2, Configuring SEAM (Tasks) presents the procedures for installing SEAM 1.0.2 and configuring SEAM network application servers.

• Chapter 3, SEAM Error Messages and Troubleshooting explains the more important error messages produced by SEAM.

• Chapter 4, Using SEAM (Tasks) provides user-level instructions for using SEAM utilities such as ftp and rlogin.

• Chapter 5, SEAM (Reference) describes all of the files that are included in the SEAM release. Also included is a detailed overview of the way the SEAM 1.0.2 product works.

Related Books

This is a list of related documentation that is referred to in this book.

• System Administration Guide: Security Services

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.com^SM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are 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.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

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
C shell prompt	machine_name%
C shell superuser prompt	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	#