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OpenSolaris Primer

NOTE: The documentation community group is no longer active on this website so information here may be out of date. Current Oracle Solaris 11 product documentation can be found here. Information about downloading Oracle Solaris 11 can be found here.

This document is a summary of the features in OpenSolaris, with a focus on providing examples and demonstrations for each. This has been written by the OpenSolaris Community.

These features may be specific to OpenSolaris, Solaris 10, or even older Solaris versions; the aim is to cover what makes OpenSolaris a great OS. The origin of each feature is documented, to identify the OpenSolaris build number or Solaris release.

Features

BART

The Basic Audit Reporting Tool provides a database of message digest and inode details. This can be helpful for many reasons, such as intrusion detection and forensics.

An example of BART detecting a change is,

   # find /etc | bart create -I > etc1.bart
   # ed /etc/passwd
   580
   1s/-/-Duper-/
   w
   586
   q
   # find /etc | bart create -I > etc2.bart
   # bart compare etc1.bart etc2.bart
   /etc/passwd:
     size  control:580  test:586
     mtime  control:423c07a9  test:426a5d10
     contents  control:e90fc4977a824822f360b0c0fb79f567  test:a8f272b513f109f233408067b7eb0e62

BART was added in Solaris Express 11/03.

BART Bluprint images/out.png BART Blueprint

Commands

pfiles has been enhanced to display pathnames for file descriptors,

   pfiles `pgrep syslog`
   342:    /usr/sbin/syslogd
   [...]
      6: S_IFREG mode:0644 dev:102,0 ino:30080 uid:0 gid:0 size:142041
         O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_NOCTTY|O_LARGEFILE
         /var/adm/messages
      7: S_IFREG mode:0644 dev:102,0 ino:30079 uid:0 gid:3 size:0
         O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_NOCTTY|O_LARGEFILE
         /var/log/syslog
   [...]

ls has new options for time, -e and -E,

   ls -E /etc/motd
   -rw-r~--r~--   1 root     sys           54 2005-01-22 10:46:06.000000000 +1100 /etc/motd

DTrace

DTrace is an analysis tool that combines features of truss, apptrace, mdb, C and awk, as well as adding many unique features of it's own. It will help sys admins and delevopers troubleshoot faults and performance problems in amazing detail, and has solved many problems that were previously too difficult to identify.

DTrace provides us with new tools such as lockstat, plockstat and intrstat. For example,

   # intrstat 1
         device |      cpu0 %tim
   ~-------------+~---------------
          hme#0 |       219 14.3
         uata#0 |         0  0.0
   ^C

The CPU is spending 14% of it's time to satisfy hme0 interrupts, previously too difficult to measure!

DTrace also provides a command line tool. Here we find which process is generating the most interprocessor crosscalls,

   # dtrace -n 'sysinfo:::xcalls { @num[execname] = count(); }'
   dtrace: description 'sysinfo:::xcalls ' matched 4 probes
   ^C
     dtrace                                                          105
     sched                                                           135
     tar                                                            4120

Very cool, but that's the tip of the iceberg. DTrace provides a new language, D, and at least 30,000 probes to measure. It's possible to write standalone DTrace scripts to analyse just about anying. Here we snoop disk I/O,

   # iosnoop
     UID   PID D    BLOCK   SIZE       COMM PATHNAME
     100 15795 R     3808   8192        tar /usr/bin/eject
     100 15795 R    35904   6144        tar /usr/bin/eject
     100 15795 R    39828   6144        tar /usr/bin/env
     100 15795 R     3872   8192        tar /usr/bin/expr
     100 15795 R    21120   7168        tar /usr/bin/expr
   [...]

In the above output we can see the tar command is using the disks, as well as the block number, size and pathname accessed!

DTrace was added in Solaris Express 11/03.

DTrace Community is the DTrace community on OpenSolaris.
DTrace BigAdmin images/out.png is the BigAdmin DTrace website.
DTrace Docs is the DTrace Guide.
DTrace Tools is a repository of DTrace scripts and examples.

gcc

gcc is available here,

   /usr/sfw/bin/gcc -v
   Reading specs from /usr/sfw/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.10/3.4.3/specs
   Configured with: /builds/sfw10-gate/usr/src/cmd/gcc/gcc-3.4.3/configure ~--prefix=/usr/sfw ...
   Thread model: posix
   gcc version 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-branch+sol_rpath)
   #
   # /usr/sfw/bin/gmake
   gmake: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

gcc was shipped with the first Solaris 10 release.

gcc images/out.png gcc Home Page.

Kernel

General Kernel features,

Multi-tasking
Virtual Memory
Fully Preemptive
64-bit capable

add stuff here

Kstat

Kstat is the Kernel Statistics Facility, a single programming interface to provide module statistics to non-privileged processes. Commands like vmstat, iostat, mpstat and sar are Kstat based. There is a ton of info in Kstat, and it is very useful for developers to find all the system statistics in one place.

Developers writing device drivers should include support for Kstat. Developers writing tools can use Kstat in C, Perl or shell (but preferably C emoticon_smile .

   #  man -l kstat.3kstat Sun::Solaris::Kstat kstat.1m    # list C, Perl and CLI man pages
   kstat.3kstat (3kstat)   -M /usr/man
   Sun::Solaris::Kstat (3) -M /usr/perl5/man
   kstat.1m (1m)   -M /usr/man
   #
   # kstat cpu_info:0:cpu_info0:clock_MHz                    # fetch a value using the CLI
   module: cpu_info                        instance: 0
   name:   cpu_info0                       class:    misc
           clock_MHz                       333

Kstat Developers 1 images/out.png Kstat for C Developers
Kstat Developers 2 Kstat for shell and Perl Developers
K9Toolkit Kstat tools written using Perl

IP Filter

IP Filter is a freeware firewall written by Darren Reed of Australia. It has a simple command line interface, a lightweight look and feel, but is somewhat powerful.

The following is a summary of IP Filter usage,

   # ipf -Fa -f /etc/ipf/ipf.conf          # load rules
   # ipfstat -ionh                         # list rules
   # ipnat -CF -f /etc/ipf/ipnat.conf      # load NAT
   # ipnat -l                              # list NAT
   # vi /etc/ipf/pfil.ap                   # activate interface
   # ls /usr/share/ipfilter/examples       # examples,
   BASIC.NAT   example.10  example.2   example.6   example.sr  ip_rules    pool.conf
   BASIC_1.FW  example.11  example.3   example.7   firewall    mkfilters   server
   BASIC_2.FW  example.12  example.4   example.8   ftp-proxy   nat-setup   tcpstate
   example.1   example.13  example.5   example.9   ftppxy      nat.eg

This is a simple ruleset that blocks all inbound TCP traffic except for SSH, and allows all outbound traffic,

   # cat /etc/ipf/ipf.conf
   pass in quick on hme0 proto tcp from any to any port = 22 keep state
   block return-rst in log on hme0 proto tcp from any to any
   pass out on hme0 proto tcp from any to any keep state
   #
   # ipfstat -ionh
   0 @1 pass out on hme0 proto tcp from any to any keep state
   2 @1 pass in quick on hme0 proto tcp from any to any port = ssh keep state
   9 @2 block return-rst in log on hme0 proto tcp from any to any

IP Filter was added in Solaris Express 2/04.

IP Filter Home images/out.png IP Filter Homepage.
IP Filter Examples IP Filter Examples.
IP Filter Docs Chapters 24 and 25 of the answerbook.

IPQoS

IPQoS allows us to classify packets based on various rules, and then stamp the packets with different priorities. Some rules are for port numbers, IP addresses, or UIDs (outbound), other rules called meters can check the rate of traffic. It is based on numerous RFCs, in particular RFC2475, and works best when other network devices also talk IPQoS.

   # ls /etc/inet/ipqosconf.*                      # example configs
   /etc/inet/ipqosconf.1.sample  /etc/inet/ipqosconf.3.sample
   /etc/inet/ipqosconf.2.sample
   #
   # ipqosconf -v -a /etc/inet/ipqosinit.conf      # load configs
   #
   # man -l ipqos ipqosconf ipgpc tokenmt tswtclmt dscpmk flowacct
   ipqos (7ipp)    -M /usr/share/man
   ipqosconf (1m)  -M /usr/share/man
   ipgpc (7ipp)    -M /usr/share/man
   tokenmt (7ipp)  -M /usr/share/man
   tswtclmt (7ipp) -M /usr/share/man
   dscpmk (7ipp)   -M /usr/share/man
   flowacct (7ipp) -M /usr/share/man

IPQoS was added to Solaris 9 9/02.

IPQoS Docs images/out.png in Chapters 31 to 36.

MTB UFS

MultiTerabyte UFS is a new flavor of Sun's enhanced UFS (which is based on the Fast File System, FSS + many enhancements by Sun over the years). MTB_UFS is the default for file systems greater than a terabyte, which it has been optimised for. Other commands, such as fsck and ufsdump support this new file system type.

Here we use MTB_UFS on a tiny slice that normally wouldn't, so the -T is necessary to force it,

  # newfs -T /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s0
   newfs: construct a new file system /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s0: (y/n)? y
   /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s0:     16839648 sectors in 16706 cylinders of 16 tracks, 63 sectors
           8222.5MB in 59 cyl groups (286 c/g, 140.77MB/g, 192 i/g)
   super-block backups (for fsck -F ufs -o b=#) at:
    32, 288384, 576736, 865088, 1153440, 1441792, 1730144, 2018496, 2306848,
    2595200,
    14126208, 14414560, 14702912, 14991264, 15279616, 15567968, 15856320,
    16144672, 16433024, 16721376,

Notice the cylinder groups are much larger than usual, and there are fewer inodes than normal.

MTB_UFS was added in Solaris 9 8/03.

findbill images/out.png find UFS/MTB_UFS backups - the only google hit for MTB_UFS!

OpenSSL

The OpenSSL cryptography toolkit provides commands and libraries that are needed by other software.

There is a /usr/sfw/include/openssl dicectory, as well as the following command,

   $ /usr/sfw/bin/openssl md5 /usr/bin/ls
   MD5(/usr/bin/ls)= b46d86445cb33dff0c3029730aab3a1f
   $
   $ /usr/sfw/bin/openssl enc -aes128 -in /etc/passwd -out /tmp/passwd.aes128
   $ enter aes-128-cbc encryption password:
   $ Verifying - enter aes-128-cbc encryption password:

OpenSSL was added in Solaris Express 8/04.

OpenSSL images/out.png OpenSSL Homepage

PAM

The Pluggable Authentication Module provides a single authentication point for applications, and sysadmins the ability to change or enhance how authentication is performed. Extra modules can be written in C, placed in /usr/lib/security, and activated by editing /etc/pam.conf.

For example, the following are the modules that allow rlogin to use trusts,

   # grep rhosts /etc/pam.conf
   rlogin  auth sufficient         pam_rhosts_auth.so.1
   rsh     auth sufficient         pam_rhosts_auth.so.1

PAM was added in Solaris 2.6.

PAM Docs images/out.png PAM Docs on www.sun.com

Patch Manager

Patch Manager provides many ways to automatically manage patches on a server, depending on what strategy is suitable for the environment. Different methods include seperate analysis then download then install steps, or full automation with an "update".

The following shows the configurables, then a portion of an analysis run,

   # smpatch get
   patchpro.backout.directory      -               ""
   patchpro.download.directory     -               /var/sadm/spool
   patchpro.install.types          -               rebootafter:reconfigafter:standard
   patchpro.patch.source           https://updateserver.sun.com/solaris/  https://updateserver.sun.com/solaris/
   patchpro.patchset               -               patchdb
   patchpro.proxy.host             mars            ""
   patchpro.proxy.passwd           ****            ****
   patchpro.proxy.port             8080            8080
   patchpro.proxy.user             -               ""
   patchpro.sun.passwd             ****            ****
   patchpro.sun.user               yourlogin       ""
   #
   # smpatch analyze
   119146-01 SunOS 5.10_x86: usr/snadm/lib Patch
   119253-01 SunOS 5.10_x86: System Administration Applications Patch
   119316-01 SunOS 5.10_x86: Solaris Management Applications Patch
   119314-01 SunOS 5.10_x86: WBEM Patch
   [...]

Patch Manager was added in Solaris Express 6/04.

Patch Manager Docs images/out.png in Chapters 18 and 19.

SMF

The Solaris Management Framework replaces the usual boot scripts found under /etc/rcS.d/S*... It provides many advantages: faster booting - as services can be started in parallel across CPUs, dependancy checking, excellent logs during boot, a central configuration location, and a simple interface.

In this above example, we disable ssh using "svcadm" and check the status using "svcs". The change will persist across reboots.

   # ssh 0
   The authenticity of host '0 (0.0.0.0)' can't be established.
   RSA key fingerprint is 3e:97:ab:fe:18:2e:1a:1f:6a:39:6e:f7:19:bd:43:85.
   Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? ^C
   # svcadm disable ssh
   # ssh 0
   ssh: connect to host 0 port 22: Connection refused
   # svcs ssh
   STATE          STIME    FMRI
   disabled       11:04:22 svc:/network/ssh:default

In the following example, there is a fault with the network card during boot. Many services are now offline, and "svcs -xv" is used to determine the root cause of the problem,

   # svcs -xv
   svc:/network/physical:default (physical network interfaces)
    State: maintenance since Sun Apr 24 11:13:36 2005
   Reason: Start method exited with $SMF_EXIT_ERR_CONFIG.
      See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-KS
      See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 1M ifconfig
      See: /etc/svc/volatile/network-physical:default.log
   Impact: 8 dependent services are not running:
           svc:/milestone/network:default
           svc:/network/nfs/nlockmgr:default
           svc:/network/nfs/client:default
           svc:/network/nfs/status:default
           svc:/network/nfs/cbd:default
           svc:/network/nfs/mapid:default
           svc:/network/ipfilter:default
           svc:/network/ssh:default

The logfile make it clear what is wrong. When the fault is fixed and network/physical is reenabled, all the offline services immediatly start. SMF is really smart and saves a lot of typing.

SMF (also called the Solaris Service Manager) was introduced Solaris Express 10/04.

SMF Quickstart images/out.png SMF Quickstart Guide on BigAdmin
SMF Developer Service Developer Introduction on BigAdmin
SMF Docs Chapter 9

Solaris Cryptographic Framework

The Solaris Cryptographic Framework is based on the Public Key Cryptographic Standard PKCS11 from RSA Security. It allows sysadmins to administer encryption provided by software libraries or hardware cards, and provides developers with a stardard API for adding to the framework.

The cryptoadm command can be used list all providers, install or uninstall software providers, and enable or disable hardware providers.

One immediate benifit of the Solaris Cryptographic Framework is the addition of the commands digest and encrypt,

   $  digest
   digest: usage: digest -l | [-v] -a <algorithm> [file...]
   $ digest -v -a md5 /usr/bin/ls
   md5 (/usr/bin/ls) = b46d86445cb33dff0c3029730aab3a1f
   $
   $ encrypt
   encrypt: usage: encrypt -l | -a <algorithm> [-k <keyfile>] [-i <infile>]
                           [-o <outfile>]
   $
   $ encrypt -l
   Algorithm       Keysize:  Min   Max (bits)
   ~------------------------------------------
   aes                       128   128
   arcfour                     8   128
   des                        64    64
   3des                      192   192

PS. MD5 and SHA1 may be insecure, check recent articles on collisions. Good thing we have the Solaris Cryptographic Framework, as it is easy to upgrade these algorithms. emoticon_smile

The Solaris Cryptographic Framework was added in stages, from Solaris Express 9/03 to Solaris Express 6/04.

BigAdmin Xperts images/out.png Xpert transcript on BigAdmin
BigAdmin Article Article on BigAdmin

StarOffice 7

StarOffice 7 is a fast and very capable word processor suite. It can import and export to all of the popular file formats, plus it's own formats generate nicely small files.

The first time StarOffice is executed it configures itself, then it behaves as normal,

   $ /usr/bin/soffice -h
   StarOffice 7  645m52(Build:8824)

   Usage: soffice [options] [documents...]

StarOffice was added to the Solaris 10 release.

StarOffice 7 images/out.png StarOffice 7 at www.sun.com
StarOffice.Com StarOffice User Portal

TCP MDT

TCP MultaData Transmit allows TCP/IP to aggregate packets sent to the network device driver, reducing the overhead of switching between these modules. This increases network performance.

Testing using TTCP (Test TCP) on an busy UltraSPARC 10 with TCP MDT turned on and then off,

   # java ttcp -n 32768 -t 192.168.1.1
   Transmit: buflen= 8192  nbuf= 32768 port= 5001
   Transmit connection:
     Socket[addr=alfa/192.168.1.1,port=5001,localport=33398].
   Transmit: 268435456 bytes in 29776 milli-seconds = 9015.162 KB/sec (72121.3 Kbps).
   #
   # ndd -set /dev/ip ip_multidata_outbound 0
   #
   # java ttcp -n 32768 -t 192.168.1.1
   Transmit: buflen= 8192  nbuf= 32768 port= 5001
   Transmit connection:
     Socket[addr=alfa/192.168.1.1,port=5001,localport=33391].
   Transmit: 268435456 bytes in 34520 milli-seconds = 7776.23 KB/sec (62209.84 Kbps).

When TCP MDT is turned on we get 9.0 Mb/s, and when off 7.7 Mb/s. The more loaded the server is, the greater the difference.

TCP MDT was added in the Solaris 9 8/03 release.

Webmin

Webmin is a freeware GUI that allows easy administration of common tasks. To activate webmin,

   # /usr/sfw/bin/webminsetup
   Login name (default root):

   Web server port (default 10000):

   Use SSL?  [y,n,?,q] y
   ***********************************************************************
   *            Welcome to the Webmin setup script, version 1.170        *
   ***********************************************************************
   Webmin is a web-based interface that allows Unix-like operating
   systems and common Unix services to be easily administered.
   [...]

Then connect to https://localhost:10000 in your browser to start webmin. New modules exist for SMF and IP Filter.

webmin was added in Solaris Express 11/04.

Webmin images/out.png The Webmin homepage.

ZFS

ZFS is both a volume manager and a file system, and is the world's most advanced file system technology. Its numerous features include checksums on all data, 128-bit capacity, dynamic striping, incredible ease of use, and excellent performance.

There are two main commands for administering ZFS: zpool and zfs. Here, a single zpool command is issued to take four 75 Gbyte disks and create a mirrored, checksumed, dynamically-striped pool of storage, called "fast". The next two zpool commands observe the state of the pool.

   # zpool create fast mirror c1t0d0 c1t1d0 mirror c1t2d0 c1t3d0
   #
   # zpool list
   NAME              SIZE    USED   AVAIL    CAP  HEALTH     ALTROOT
   pool            149.1G   2.92M  149.1G     0%  ONLINE     -
   #
   # zpool status
     pool: fast
    state: ONLINE
    scrub: none requested
   config:

           NAME        STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
           fast        ONLINE       0     0     0
             mirror    ONLINE       0     0     0
               c1t0d0  ONLINE       0     0     0
               c1t1d0  ONLINE       0     0     0
             mirror    ONLINE       0     0     0
               c1t2d0  ONLINE       0     0     0
               c1t3d0  ONLINE       0     0     0

   errors: No known data errors

After creating a storage pool, file systems can be created that use that pool. Here the zfs command is used to create a file system called "fast/home", which has a 20 Gbyte quota, compresses data (for both greater capacity and improved I/O throughput), and is mounted on /export/home.

   # zfs create fast/home
   # zfs set mountpoint=/export/home fast/home
   # zfs set compression=on fast/home
   # zfs set quota=20G fast/home
   # zfs list
   NAME                   USED  AVAIL  REFER  MOUNTPOINT
   fast                  91.0K 149.1G   9.5K  /fast
   fast/home                8K  20.0G     8K  /fast/home
   #
   # df -F zfs -h
   Filesystem             size   used  avail capacity  Mounted on
   fast/home               20G     9K    20G     1%    /export/home
   fast                   149G    91K   149G     1%    /fast

ZFS is already in OpenSolaris, and will be part of the Solaris 10 6/06 release.

ZFS Community OpenSolaris ZFS Community.
ZFS Learning Center introduces ZFS.
ZFS Release Announcement for the Solaris 10 6/06 release.
ZFS Article Sun's ZFS article.
ZFS For Home discusses using ZFS for home use.
ZFS vs LVM compares differences between ZFS and Linux LVM.
Also see the manpages for zpool and zfs, which are an excellent reference and include many examples.

Zones

A zone is a virtual instance of Solaris. Zones are great for isolation of network serives, sharing resources on a large server, or creating development environments. Each zone has it's own root password, it's own /etc and /var files, and it's own OS files if installed in that way.

In the following, a zone is created that by default will share (lofs ro) most of the OS with the global zone (the root install),

   # zonecfg -z small-zone
   small-zone: No such zone configured
   Use 'create' to begin configuring a new zone.
   zonecfg:small-zone> create
   zonecfg:small-zone> set autoboot=true
   zonecfg:small-zone> set zonepath=/export/small-zone  
   zonecfg:small-zone> add net
   zonecfg:small-zone:net> set address=192.168.2.101
   zonecfg:small-zone:net> set physical=hme0
   zonecfg:small-zone:net> end
   zonecfg:small-zone> verify
   zonecfg:small-zone> exit
   # mkdir /export/small-zone
   # chmod 700 /export/small-zone
   # zoneadm -z small-zone install
   Preparing to install zone <small-zone>.
   Creating list of files to copy from the global zone.
   Copying <2574> files to the zone.
   [...]

A single server may run many zones, each can be rebooted independantly to the global zone. Here we list all the zones and login to one of them,

   # zoneadm list -cv
     ID NAME             STATUS         PATH            
      0 global           running        /                
      1 workzone4        running        /export/workzone4 
      2 workzone3        running        /export/workzone3  
      3 workzone2        running        /export/workzone2   
      4 workzone1        running        /export/workzone1   
   #
   # zlogin workzone1
   [Connected to zone 'workzone1' pts/2]
   Last login: Tue Apr 19 09:39:57 on pts/2
   Sun Microsystems Inc.   SunOS 5.10      Generic January 2005
   Welcome to Sol10_Generic on sfe2900
   #

Resource control is possible for CPU and Memory in a variety of ways. The Fair Share Schedular can divide CPU resources between busy zones depending on ratios. The following demonstrates the result of attempting to give workzone1 60%, workzone2 30% and workzone3 10% of the CPUs,

   # prstat -Z
      PID USERNAME  SIZE   RSS STATE  PRI NICE      TIME  CPU PROCESS/NLWP       
     2008 root     4000K 1168K cpu513  28    0   0:02:11 3.7% cpuhog.pl/1
     2018 root     4000K 1168K cpu1    32    0   0:02:11 3.7% cpuhog.pl/1
   [...]
   ZONEID    NPROC  SIZE   RSS MEMORY      TIME  CPU ZONE        
        2       51  182M   93M   0.5%   0:37:27  59% workzone1   
        4       51  182M   92M   0.5%   0:16:25  30% workzone2   
        3       51  183M   93M   0.5%   0:16:30  10% workzone3   
        0       61  359M  194M   1.1%   0:00:11 0.1% global      
        1       34  116M   72M   0.4%   0:00:12 0.0% workzone4   
   Total: 248 processes, 659 lwps, load averages: 51.19, 40.28, 20.52

Zones was released with Solaris Express 2/04.

Zones Community OpenSolaris Zones Community.
Zones BigAdmin images/out.png Zones BigAdmin
Zones Docs Zones Answerbook on docs.sun.com
Zones Examples Zones Examples, including resource control

Apache 2
BART - Basic Audit Reporting Tool
BIND 9
BSM - Basic Security Module
Command Enhancements
DISM - Dynamic Intimate Shared Memory
Drivers
DRP - Dynamic Resource Pools
DTrace - Dynamic Tracing
ELF Signatures
FireEngine
Flash Archives
FMA - Fault Management Architecture
gcc v3.4.3 - GNU C Compiler
IP Filter
IPP - Internet Printing Protocol
IPQoS - IP Quality of Service
J2SE 5 - Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5
JDS3 - Java Desktop System 3
JumpStart
Kernel Features
Kstat - Kernel Statistics Facility
LDAP - Directory Server
MTB UFS - MultiTerabyte UFS
NFSv4
OpenSSL
PAM - Pluggable Authentication Module
Password Enhancements
Patch Manager
RBAC - Role Based Access Control
rcapd - Resource Capping Daemon
Signed Patches and Packages
SMA - System Management Agent
SMF - Solaris Management Framework
Solaris Cryptographic Framework
StarOffice 7
SUNWCrnet - Reduced Networking Software Group
SVM - Solaris Volume Manager
TCP MDT - TCP Multidata Transmit
UFS - Unix File System
VFS - Virtual File System
WAN Boot
Webmin
X11
Zebra Multiprotocol Routing
ZFS - Zetabyte Filesystem
Zones

Guidelines

Each section is a summary so try to be brief - get to the point and provide a small example if possible. Make sure the subject fits on one screen (ok, DTrace, Zones and ZFS may be exceptions to that!). Add the release that this feature was added, and a short list of related websites.

More detailed examples can be created as extra wiki enties, and linked to in the list of links.

History

23-Apr-05 This site was created - Brendan.
23-Apr-05 Added DTrace, TCP MDT, Webmin, IP Filter, gcc, commands, MTB UFS, SCF sections - Brendan.
24-Apr-05 Added Zones, StarOffice 7, Patch Manager, BART, IPQoS, SMF, Kstat, PAM sections - Brendan.
11-Nov-05 Moved contents section to end for readability and changed title - Michelle.
21-May-06 Some updates, including ZFS - Brendan.

Contribution List

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OpenSolaris Primer