SunOS 4.1x and 5.x Administrative File differences
This article provides a list of the important files that have changed between SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 2.x (SunOS 5.x) based systems.
| SunOS 4.X | SunOS 5.X | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| /boot | /ufsboot | Boot program. |
| /etc/auto.master | /etc/auto_master | Automounter configuration file. |
| /etc/auto.home | /etc/auto_home | Automounter configuration file. |
| /etc/exports | /etc/dfs/dfstab | Files shared by NFS and RFS. |
| /etc/fstab | /etc/vfstab | Table of files to mount. |
| /etc/gettytab | /etc/ttydefs | Terminal definitions. |
| /etc/passwd | /etc/passwd
/etc/shadow |
Shadow password file is now used. |
| /etc/printcap | /usr/share/lib/terminfo
/etc/lp |
Database of printer and terminal characteristics.
Directory of printer information. |
| /etc/rc | /sbin/rc#
/etc/rc#.d/ |
The /etc/rc#.d subdirectory scripts are now used, which each rc# script and rc#.d directory controlling the run-level #. |
| /etc/rc.boot | " | " |
| /etc/rc.local | " | " |
| /etc/rc.single | " | " |
| /etc/termcap | /usr/share/lib/terminfo | Database of printer and terminal characteristics. |
| /etc/ttytab | /etc/inittab | Table of services to be started by init. |
| NA | /etc/saf | Directory of SAF services. |
| NA | /etc/default/login | Defaults for login. Root login limited to console. |
| /usr/share/man | /usr/share/man | Man page organization has been changed. System administration man pages are in 1M. You can set an environment variable to specify the order of search for directories and sections. |
| /var/spool/mail | /var/mail | Mail spool directory. |
| /vmunix | /kernel/unix
/platform/\uname -m'/kernel/unix |
The hardware independent UNIX kernel.
The hardware dependent part of the kernel. |