New sharemgr Utility for File-Sharing

Starting with the Solaris Express Developer Edition 2/07 release, you can use the new sharemgr utility for file-sharing tasks during installations. This new utility both simplifies and enhances the file-sharing process and related tasks. You do not need to use the share, shareall, or unshare utilities, although these utilities are still available. Additionally, you do not need to edit the /etc/dfs/dfstab file.

The sharemgr utility introduces the concept of a share group. Options for sharemgr are set to a share group, not to a specific file or directory. A share group can be used by multiple file-system types, such as NFS and ZFS. For example, the share group, my_group, could have one set of options for NFS and another set of options for ZFS.

For more information, see the sharemgr(1M) man page. See also, sharemgr Command in System Administration Guide: Network Services.

Starting with the Solaris Express Developer Edition 5/07 release, installation documentation provides both options for file-sharing, using sharemgr or using the share command.