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Disable syslog "remote logging" under Solaris

Updated 9 Nov 2007 Read time 1 min 14 sec(s) (3056 visits).

syslog remote logging under Solaris by default is enabled and will listen on UDP port 514 for syslog messages from remote servers.

Updated 26 Sep 2007 Read time 1 min 57 sec(s) (2418 visits).

IPF provides stateful packet filtering capabilities by IP address, network, port, protocol, network interface and traffic direction.

Updated 17 Aug 2007 Read time 1 min 0 sec(s) (895 visits).

Accessing a tape device (or any device) from a non-global zone in Solaris

Updated 3 Aug 2007 Read time 3 min(s) 10 sec(s) (2885 visits).

The pgrep command lets you specify the criteria and then displays the information only about the processes that match the criteria.

Updated 3 Aug 2007 Read time 2 min(s) 44 sec(s) (2539 visits).

The prstat command displays information about processes similar to ps and pgrep commands but refreshes (updates) the output in a periodic fashion

Updated 26 Jul 2007 Read time 2 min(s) 6 sec(s) (2306 visits).

With later releases of Solaris, if you want to, you can manually lock down your system using the netstat, svcs and svcadm commands.

Updated 13 Jul 2007 Read time 1 min 56 sec(s) (2379 visits).

This post provides brief differences in the log files used for System Logging of the most common versions of UNIX.

Updated 13 Jul 2007 Read time 2 min(s) 54 sec(s) (2397 visits).

This article provides a brief overview of common differences in system configuration, management and security across multi-OS environments.

Updated 28 May 2009 Read time 2 min(s) 41 sec(s) (2335 visits).

When installing patches on Solaris, you may often see error codes or Exit/Return codes when the patch installation fails. These are the return codes.

Updated 12 Jun 2009 Read time 2 min(s) 24 sec(s) (721 visits).

Whilst there is an abundance of documentation on creating containers, the goal here is to create a container in the fewest number of steps.