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Solaris 10-steps guides
- Solaris boot procedure in 10 steps: how a Solaris system gets started.
- Coloured ls output in 10 steps: just like on Linux.
- Setting up RBAC in 10 steps: role based access control
- Mirror your root partition in 10 steps: using the Solaris Volume Manager
- Setting up NIS in 10 steps: basic NIS server usable for JumpStart configuration
- JumpStart in 10 steps: a minimal configuration.
- Restoring critical partitions: re-installing /, /usr and /var.
- Repairing important files in 10 steps: just repairing, no reinstallation (backups) needed.
- The LPD system in 10 steps: the default Solaris print system.
- Smartcard authentication in 10 steps: log in with card and PIN.
- File system snapshots in 10 steps: backups without having to unmount file systems.
- Compiling GNU software in 10 steps: for the extras.
- Locate in 10 steps: eventhough find is your friend, you can make other friends as well.
- Solaris post-install tuning in 10 steps: tune your system before you actually start using it!
Other useful Solaris stuff
- Learn vi(m) the easy way
- Mini-guide to sed (the stream editor)
- Mini-guide to awk
- Setting up SSH keys
- Basic Unix (the non-root stuff)
- Shell exercises
- Setting the resolution and colourdepth on workstations using frame buffered graphics cards: get rid of the dithers!
- Bash Guide: Bash for system administrators and power users.
- Notes with Intermediate Sysadmin course
- Notes with Advanced Sysadmin course
- Notes with Network Admin course
- LDAP Operations HOWTO: applicable to OpenLDAP, iPlanet and SunONE directory services.
- Configuring access to the display automatically: get rid of irritating display access (or worse, Java errors) when switching accounts.
- Playing with the shadow file
- Some issues with NFS logging
- Adding other hosts to SMC: a simple script.
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