Starting and Stopping Solaris services with svcadm
svcadm issues requests for actions on services executing within the SMF. Actions for a service are carried out by its assigned service agent.
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Understanding 'swap' output
Getting swap information is simple, but have you really looked at what the output is saying?
Making pfexec work like sudo under Solaris
I thought I'd try out the new role based action control (RBAC) on the Solaris systems as an alternative to sudo.
How to Update a file on all zones at the same time
A brief article and how to quickly copy an updated configuration to all child zones.
Setting up Solaris 10 Accounting subsystem
To configure the Solaris Auditing subsystem on Solaris 9 or Solaris 10 we simply run the bsmconv command-line utility from the /etc/security directory
Configure DNS services in Solaris 11 using SMF
The previous method of modifying a configuration file to configure naming services no longer works we now reply on SMF.
How to reboot a Solaris Zone stuck in shutting_down state
To solve this problem, try one or more of following commands on the global zone until the zone state changes to Installed.
How to boot a Solaris system without starting any services
If problems with starting services occur, sometimes a system hangs during the boot process. This procedure shows how to troubleshoot this problem.
How to Boot a system with the Kernel Debugger (kmdb) enabled
This is a simple procedure which shows how to load the kernel debugger (kmdb)
How to use zlogin to Shutdown and Start a zone
You must be the global administrator or a user with appropriate authorization in the global zone to perform these procedures.