Logging In to a Zone

Use the zlogin command to log in from the global zone to any zone that is running or in the ready state. See the zlogin(1) man page for more information.

You can log in to a zone in various ways, as described in the following procedures. You can also log in remotely, as described in Remote Login.

How to Log In to the Zone Console

You must be the global administrator or a user with appropriate authorizations in the global zone to perform this procedure.

1. Be superuser, or have equivalent authorizations.

   For more information about roles, see Configuring and Using RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

2. Use the zlogin command with the -C option and the name of the zone, for example, my-zone.

   global# zlogin -C my-zone

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   Note - If you start the zlogin session immediately after issuing the zoneadm boot command, boot messages from the zone will display:

   [NOTICE: Zone booting up]
   SunOS Release 5.11 Version snv_145 64-bit
   Copyright (c) 1983, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
   Hostname: my-zone
   Reading ZFS config: done.
   Mounting ZFS filesystems: (5/5)

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3. When the zone console displays, log in as root, press Return, and type the root password when prompted.

   my-zone console login: root
   Password:

How to Use Interactive Mode to Access a Zone

In interactive mode, a new pseudo-terminal is allocated for use inside the zone.

You must be the global administrator or a user with appropriate authorizations in the global zone to perform this procedure.

1. Be superuser, or have equivalent authorizations.

   For more information about roles, see Configuring and Using RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

2. From the global zone, log in to the zone, for example, my-zone.

   global# zlogin my-zone

   Information similar to the following will display:

   [Connected to zone 'my-zone' pts/2]
   Last login: Wed Jul  3 16:25:00 on console

3. Type exit to close the connection.

   You will see a message similar to the following:

   [Connection to zone 'my-zone' pts/2 closed]

How to Use Non-Interactive Mode to Access a Zone

Non-interactive mode is enabled when the user supplies a command to be run inside the zone. Non-interactive mode does not allocate a new pseudo-terminal.

Note that the command or any files that the command acts upon cannot reside on NFS.

You must be the global administrator or a user with appropriate authorizations in the global zone to perform this procedure.

1. Be superuser, or have equivalent authorizations.

   For more information about roles, see Configuring and Using RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

2. From the global zone, log in to the my-zone zone and supply a command name.

   The command zonename is used here.

   global# zlogin my-zone zonename

   You will see the following output:

   my-zone

How to Exit a Non-Global Zone

• To disconnect from a non-global zone, use one of the following methods.
  • To exit the zone non-virtual console:

    zonename# exit

  • To disconnect from a zone virtual console, use the tilde (~) character and a period:

    zonename# ~.

    Your screen will look similar to this:

    [Connection to zone 'lx-zone' pts/6 closed]

See Also

For more information about zlogin command options, see the zlogin(1) man page.

How to Use Failsafe Mode to Enter a Zone

When a connection to the zone is denied, the zlogin command can be used with the -S option to enter a minimal environment in the zone.

You must be the global administrator or a user with appropriate authorizations in the global zone to perform this procedure.

1. Be superuser, or have equivalent authorizations.

   For more information about roles, see Configuring and Using RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

2. From the global zone, use the zlogin command with the -S option to access the zone, for example, my-zone.

   global# zlogin -S my-zone

How to Use zlogin to Shut Down a Zone

Use this procedure to cleanly shut down a zone. To halt a zone without running shutdown scripts, see How to Halt a Zone.

You must be the global administrator or a user with appropriate authorizations in the global zone to perform this procedure.

1. Be superuser, or have equivalent authorizations.

   For more information about roles, see Configuring and Using RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

2. Log in to the zone to be shut down, for example, my-zone, and specify shutdown as the name of the utility and init 0 as the state.

   global# zlogin my-zone shutdown -i 0

   Your site might have its own shutdown script, tailored for your specific environment.

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   Note - You cannot use the shutdown command to place the zone in single-user state at this time. See 6214427 for more information.

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Using shutdown in Non-Interactive Mode

You cannot use the shutdown command in non-interactive mode to place the zone in single-user state at this time. See 6214427 for more information.

You can use an interactive login as described in How to Use Interactive Mode to Access a Zone.