Solaris System Configuration

This document is intended to give advice to system administrators at Rutgers about configuring Solaris systems. Please note that it is directed to a very specific class of system administrators: faculty and others who are managing their own workstations, and do not have access to professional system administrators or other support help.

However I also recommend that professional system administrators read this document. At the moment it's the only thing we have that describes the Rutgers environment. Even though you're going to be running more complex systems than the ones described here, much of the information will be useful to you. Go to document. (The document is 106K.)

Table of Contents

Who is this page for?
Overall Approach
Configuring your disks (Partitioning)
Advice on setting up or upgrading Solaris

Upgrading
The Installation Process
Identification
Finishing an Upgrade
Finishing a full install

Configuring the system after installation

Check /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname.le0
Set up IP routing
Test network connectivity
Create /etc/resolv.conf and fix /etc/nsswitch.conf
Set up printing.
Set up mail.
Set up the automounter.
Set up users.
Think about logs.

Adding Additional Software
Security

Accounts
Disable all daemons that you don't absolutely have to use.
Look carefully at your pattern of network use.
See if your system depends upon another machine

Rutgers authentication