A collection of system administration hints and tips, tricks and articles for the Solaris operating system in all its variants.

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Solaris FireEngine Project

The Solaris FireEngine project is a high performance networking framework based on an IP classifier and vertical perimeters.

Installing and Administrating NIS+

NIS+ is a network information service enables system administrators to manage a group of servers from a central location

NIS and NIS+ cheat sheet

This quick reference guide provides a crib sheet style listing for administrating NIS and NIS+ environments.

Miscellaneous Solaris Commands

An assortment of miscellaneous Solaris commands that are useful to both novice and experienced Solaris administrators

Reloading st.conf without rebooting

To make an updated /kernel/drv/st.conf file active, it is necessary to reload the st (SCSI Tape) kernel module

Solaris vs RHEL - NetAdmin differences

The following sections detail the differences between the Solaris 9 OS and Red Hat Linux with respect to network administration tasks

Solaris vs RHEL - Advanced SysAdmin differences

The following sections detail the differences between the Solaris 9 OS and Red Hat Linux with respect to advanced system administration tasks

Solaris vs RHEL - SysAdmin differences

The following sections detail the differences between the Solaris 9 OS and Red Hat Linux with respect to system administration tasks.

Solaris vs RHEL - UNIX Essential differences

The following sections detail the differences between the Solaris 9 OS and Red Hat Linux with respect to basic tasks and component

Solaris vs RHEL differences

The purpose of this document series is to introduce the system and network administration features of Red Hat Linux for Solaris Administrators.