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Solaris advanced system administrator's guide / Janice Winsor.

By: Winsor, Janice.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Palo Alto, CA : Sun Microsystems, c1998Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxxvi, 587 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1578700396 .Subject(s): Solaris (Computer file) | Operating systems (Computers)DDC classification: 005.44
Contents:
Part 1: Mail Services -- Understanding Mail Services -- Planning Mail Services -- Setting up and Administering Mail Services -- Customizing sendmail Configuration Files -- Part 2: NIS+ -- Introducing the NIS+ Environment -- Setting up NIS+ Clients -- Part 3: Automounter Services -- Understanding the Automounter -- Setting up the Automounter -- Part 4: Service Access Facility -- Understanding the Service Access Facility -- Setting up Modems and Character Terminals -- Setting up Printing Services -- Part 5: Application Software -- Installing and Managing Application Software -- Package Commands -- Admintool: Software Manager -- Installing and Managing System Software Patches -- Part 6: Introduction to Shell Programming -- Writing Shell Scripts -- Reference Tables and Example Scriipts -- Part 7: System Security -- Understanding System Security -- Using Authentication Services -- Using the Automated Security Enchancement Tool (ASET).
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This officially authorized tutorial for Solaris system administration is ideal for experienced administrators. Used as a hands-on guide or as a quick reference, as well as being completely updated, this task-oriented and easy-to-follow book details how to perform increasingly complex system improvement, revision, and customization. Solaris Advanced System Administrators Guide, Second Edition is the classic tutorial that provides indispensable tips, advice, and quick-reference tables to help you add system components, improve service access, and automate routine tasks. Also take advantage of updated information on Solaris 2.6 topics-including x86 differences, patch administration, redesign of print packages, and new coverage of security, the Solaris Server Intranet Extension and more

"Covers: Version 2.6 and earlier"--Back cover.

Bibliography: (pages 553-555) and index.

Part 1: Mail Services -- Understanding Mail Services -- Planning Mail Services -- Setting up and Administering Mail Services -- Customizing sendmail Configuration Files -- Part 2: NIS+ -- Introducing the NIS+ Environment -- Setting up NIS+ Clients -- Part 3: Automounter Services -- Understanding the Automounter -- Setting up the Automounter -- Part 4: Service Access Facility -- Understanding the Service Access Facility -- Setting up Modems and Character Terminals -- Setting up Printing Services -- Part 5: Application Software -- Installing and Managing Application Software -- Package Commands -- Admintool: Software Manager -- Installing and Managing System Software Patches -- Part 6: Introduction to Shell Programming -- Writing Shell Scripts -- Reference Tables and Example Scriipts -- Part 7: System Security -- Understanding System Security -- Using Authentication Services -- Using the Automated Security Enchancement Tool (ASET).

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • I Mail Services
  • 1 Understanding Mail Services
  • Mail Services Terminology
  • Systems in a Mail Configuration
  • Relay Host
  • Gateway
  • Mailhost
  • Mail Client
  • User Agent
  • Mail Transport Agent
  • Mailers
  • Domains
  • Mail Addressing
  • Route-Based Addressing
  • Route- Independent Addressing
  • Mailbox
  • Aliases
  • Uses for Alias Files
  • Syntax of Aliases
  • Components of Mail Services
  • The Mail Service Program
  • The sendmail Program
  • The sendmail Configuration File (sendmail.cf)
  • The sendmail Configuration Table
  • Forward Files
  • An Overview of the Mail Service
  • The Anatomy of the Mail Service
  • How the Mail Service Works
  • How sendmail Works
  • Argument Processing and Address Parsing
  • Message Collection
  • Message Delivery
  • Queuing for Retransmission
  • Return to Sender
  • How Mail Addressing Works
  • 2 Planning Mail Services
  • Local Mail Only
  • Local Mail and a uucp Connection
  • One Domain, Two Networks, and a Router
  • Two Domains and a Gateway
  • 3 Setting Up and Administering Mail Services
  • Preparing to Set Up Mail Services
  • Setting Up a Mail Server
  • Setting Up a Mail Client
  • Setting Up a Mailhost
  • Setting Up a Relay Host
  • Setting Up a Gateway
  • Creating Mail Aliases
  • Setting Up NIS Alias Files
  • Setting Up DNS Alias Files
  • Setting up a Postmaster Alias
  • Testing Your Mail Configuration
  • Administering Your Mail Configuration
  • Duties of Postmaster
  • The Mail Queue
  • Printing the Mail Queue
  • Format of Queue Files
  • Forcing the Queue
  • Running the Old Mail Queue
  • The System Log
  • Troubleshooting Your Mail Configuration
  • Checking Aliases
  • Testing sendmail
  • Verifying Connections to Other Systems
  • Other Diagnostic Information
  • 4 Customizing sendmail Configuration Files
  • Overview of sendmail Functions
  • Interfaces to the Outside World
  • Argument Vector/Exit Status
  • SMTP over Pipes
  • SMTP over a TCP Connection
  • How the sendmail Program Works
  • Argument Processing and Address Parsing
  • Message Collection
  • Message Delivery
  • Retransmission Queuing
  • Return to Sender
  • Message-Header Editing
  • Configuration File
  • How sendmail Is Implemented
  • Mail to Files and Programs
  • Message Collection
  • Message Delivery
  • Queued Messages
  • Configuration Overview
  • Macros
  • Header Declarations
  • Mailer Declarations
  • Name-Rewriting Rules
  • Option Setting
  • Introducing Arguments to sendmail
  • Queue Interval
  • Daemon Mode
  • An Alternative Configuration File
  • Tuning Configuration Parameters
  • Time Values
  • Queue Interval
  • Read Timeouts
  • Message Timeouts
  • Delivery Mode
  • Load Limiting
  • Log Level
  • File Modes
  • Setuid
  • Temporary File Modes
  • Aliases Database Permissions
  • The Configuration File
  • Parts of the sendmail Configuration File
  • A Sample sendmail Configuration File
  • Configuration File Syntax
  • D and L (Define Macro)
  • C, F, and G (Define Classes)
  • O (Set Option)
  • P (Precedence Definitions)
  • T (Define Trusted Users)
  • H (Define Header)
  • Special Header Lines
  • S and R (Rewriting Rules)
  • M (Define Mailer)
  • Address Rewriting Rules
  • Special Macros, Conditionals
  • Special Classes
  • The Left Side
  • Right-Side Address Rewriting Rules
  • Semantics of Rewriting Ruleset
  • The error Mailer
  • Semantics of Mailer Descriptions
  • Building a New Configuration File
  • Domains and Policies
  • How to Proceed
  • Testing the Rewriting Rules-the -bt Flag
  • Command Line Arguments
  • Configuration Options
  • Mailer Flags
  • II NIS+
  • 5 Introducing the NIS+ Environment
  • Comparison of NIS and NIS+
  • The NIS+ Namespace
  • Directory Objects
  • Domain Name Syntax
  • Table Objects
  • NIS+ Security
  • NIS+ Authentication
  • Access Rights
  • The NIS+ Updating Model
  • NIS and NIS+ Compatibility
  • The Name Service Switch
  • NIS+ Administration
  • AdminSuite
  • NIS+ Commands
  • Table Information Display.
  • 6 Setting UP NIS+ Clients
  • Security Considerations
  • Prerequisites
  • Steps for Setting Up NIS+ Client Credentials
  • Steps for Setting Up an NIS+ Client
  • Verification of the Setup
  • Verify The Cache Manager is Running
  • Check the Contents of the

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