Most Solaris system administrators and power users rely on electronically published man pages as their command reference -- but these pages are written by a diverse, eclectic set of engineers, and rarely edited sufficiently to serve the needs a broad range of readers. The Solaris 8 System Administrator's Reference Guide gives every Solaris user fast access to all the information they need to get results quickly. The Solaris 8 System Administrator's Reference Guide starts with a convenient cross-reference and list of tasks that points users to all the related commands they may need to perform tasks such as printing, file system management, system status, editing, or shell programming. Next, it provides comprehensive descriptions, examples, and reference tables for nearly 400 Solaris commands. The Solaris 8 Reference Guide contains more than 1,300 pages of rock-solid information that's never been delivered with more clarity, or organized for greater accessibility. For every Solaris user, system administrator or programmer who needs a convenient, practical, well-organized reference to Solaris commands.

Get beyond the man pages!
The practical, task-oriented reference to every key Solaris 8 command, from ab2admin to zic
System/network administration, file systems, printing, Internet services, editing, shell programming, and more
Convenient, comprehensive, and accessible!

The essential resource for every Solaris 8 sysadmin, Web professional, developer, and power user!

If you're a Solaris user, sysadmin, or developer, you know how tough it is to rely on the man pages when you need fast answers. Now, there's a superb alternative: Solaris 8 System Administrator's Reference. In this book, Solaris expert Janice Winsor presents more than 1,300 pages of solid reference information, organized for maximum accessibility and quick problem solving.

Winsor begins with a convenient cross-reference and list of tasks, identifying all the commands you're likely to need in each problem category—so you don't need to know a command's name before you can get information about it. Next, she provides comprehensive descriptions, usage examples, and reference tables for nearly 400 Solaris 8 and Solaris 7 commands, including:

Printing
File system management
System status and administration
Editing
Networking and Internet services
Shell programming, and much more

Say goodbye to the man pages, and say hello to the most authoritative, intelligible, user-friendly, and just plain valuable Solaris reference ever created: Solaris 8 System Administrator's Reference by Janice Winsor.

JANICE WINSOR, a recognized expert in Solaris system administration, is author of Solaris System Administration Guide and Advanced Solaris System Administration Guide.

Introduction

The Solaris 8 System Administrator's Reference is your complete alphabetic reference to all of the manual pages in Section 1M of the online reference documentation for the Solaris 8 release.

This chapter provides a quick reference to the contents of this book by functional grouping. The commands are grouped alphabetically within their installation package categories and list the number for the first page of each command. Within the "Core Solaris (Usr)" category, the commands are grouped by function. Commands that have been revised in the Solaris 8 release are marked with an asterisk (*). Commands that are new in the Solaris 8 release are marked with a New icon in the margin.

AnswerBook2 Documentation Server (SUNWab2u)

ab2admin*	Command-line interface for AnswerBook2® administration.
ab2regsvr*	Register an AnswerBook2 document server with FNS (Federated Naming Service).
answerbook2_admin
	Start AnswerBook2 administration tool GUI.

Authentication Management Infrastructure (SUNWami)

amiserv

AMI keyserver.

Automated Security Enhancement Tools (SUNWast)

aset*	Monitor or restrict access to system files and directories.
aset.restore	Restore system files to their content before ASET is installed.
taskstat	Print ASET tasks status.

BOOTP/DHCP Server Services (Usr) (SUNWdhcsu)

dhcpconfig*	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol service configuration command.
dhtadm*	DHCP configuration table management command.
in.dhcpd*	DHCP server.
pntadm*	DHCP network table management command.

Buttons/Dials Header Files (SUNWdialh)

bdconfig

Configure the bd (buttons and dials) stream.

Configuration Files for Open Card Framework (SUNWocfr)

ocfserv	OCF server.
smartcard	Configure and administer a smartcard.

Core Architecture (Root) (SUNWcar)

kadb	Kernel debugger.
kernel	UNIX® system executable file containing basic operating system services.
obpsym	Kernel symbolic debugging for OpenBoot? firmware.

Core Architecture (Root) (64-bit) (SUNWcarx)

kernel

UNIX system executable file containing basic operating system services.

Core Software for a Specific Hardware Platform Group (SUNWkvm.u)

cfgadm_ac	EXX00 memory system administration.
cfgadm_pci	Configuration administration command for PCCI Hot Plug.
cfgadm_sysctrl	EXX00 system board administration.
cg14config	Configure the SX/CG14 graphics accelerator device.
sxconfig	Configure contiguous memory for the SX video subsystem.