Miscellaneous Solaris Commands
This cheat sheet provides new and experienced users with a number of miscellaneous commands for the Solaris™ operating system.
| SUN patch files and freeware | http://sunsolve.sun.com http://sunfreeware.com |
| Forget root password | boot —s cdrom find out root partition with “format” command mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /mnt (suppose c0t0d0s0 is root part.) edit /mnt/etc/shadow |
| Disable auto-logout feature for tcsh | Put following line in .cshrc or .tcshrc unset autologout |
| Disable serial device (modem) login. | edit /etc/inittab remove sc:234:respawn:/usr/lib/saf/sac —t 300 |
| Show export file systems on host_name. | showmount —e host_name |
| Check RPC services on host_name. | rpcinfo —p host_name |
| Show what dynamic libraries needed by program. | ldd program
LD_LIBRARY_PATH is the search path for dynamic libraries. |
| Add new user account. | useradd —d homedir —u UID —g GID —c “comment” —s shell |
| Save manual page for command “foo” in pure text. | man foo | col —b > foo.txt |
| Add solaris package file. | pkgadd —d pkgfile |
| Reconfiguration system after adding new hardware. | boot —r |
| Show current run level. | who —r |
| Check if new floppy/cdrom is inserted. | volcheck —v |
| Show which program is using the cdrom (or floppy). | fuser —u [-k] /cdrom |
| Show settings in eeprom. | /usr/sbin/eeprom |
| Show system information. | /usr/sbin/prtconf —vb |
| Find set UID to root program. | find / -type f —perm -4000 —user root —print |
| Set screen resolution, color depth for M64 frame buffer. | m64config —res 1024x768x75 —depth 24 (ffbconfig on Ultra -60) |
| File system check, answer “y” to all questions. | fsck —F ufs —y /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 |
| Set CDE screen background. | xv —root —quit foo.gif |
| Run a script in /etc/init.d directory. | /etc/init.d/script {start | stop} |
| Construct new file system after format. | newfs —v /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s6 |
| Reconfiguring the system. | /usr/sbin/sys-unconfig |
| Apply patch to system. | patchadd [options] patch |
| Backup of all files. | ufsdump 0uf /dev/rmt/0 / |
| Restore inetd.conf file from backup | ufsrestore xf /dev/rmt/0 etc/inetd.conf |
| Install recommended patch cluster. | install_cluster —q -nosave |
| set TCP/IP parameters | ndd |
| change settings in eeprom | eeprom ie: eeprom security-mode=full |