Repairing a corrupt SMF Repository
Without a working SMF repository the system will not be able to boot. This article provides the steps to restore a working copy of the database.
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Solaris UADMIN commands
The uadmin command is tightly coupled to the system administration procedures and is not intended for general use
How to update a corrupt Solaris x86 boot archive
The failsafe archive can be booted for recovery purposes, or to update the boot archive.
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.
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.