A collection of system administration hints and tips, tricks and articles for the Solaris operating system in all its variants.
Adding fonts in Solaris 11
fontconfig is used to manage all types of fonts including PostScript and TrueType fonts in the Solaris desktop environment.
Continue reading...Creating a Flash Archive Recovery (FLAR) Image
This article provides simple instructions to create a Flash Archive image that can be loaded onto the target system to recover from a failed drive.
Continue reading...Using ipmitool to reset ILOM root password
If you have root access to the OS you can use the ipmitool to reset the root password on the ILOM
Continue reading...Restricting Access to SSH Connections
A set of direcetives that are under used are the AllowUsers, AllowGroups, DenyUsers and DenyGroups to restrict user and groups remote access with SSH.
Continue reading...Securing SSH on Solaris 10
It is strongly recommended that sites abandon older clear-text login protocols and use SSH to prevent sniffing of sensitive data off the network
Continue reading...Proxy settings needed to update IPS packages for Solaris 11 zones
need proxy settings to update IPS packages for Solaris 11 zones
Continue reading...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.
Continue reading...Solaris UADMIN commands
The uadmin command is tightly coupled to the system administration procedures and is not intended for general use
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