Sun's Solaris

Two of Sun Solaris's prime attractions are its reliability and the high availability of servers running it. These advantages can be, however, negated by carelessness. Forget to apply a patch, or neglect to synchronize your servers' system clocks, and someone who's paying more attention will exploit the holes you've left in your system. The authors of Hack Proofing Sun Solaris 8 teach you how to run Solaris with flair. They show you how to implement wise security rules and implement popular services--like Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts--with a focus on improving security without reducing function. Most of the advice here has to do with Solaris boxes as Web servers, mail servers, and firewalls.

In This Book You’ll Learn How To: Install and configure the Solaris 10 operating environment on SPARC and x86/x64-based platforms Set up, manage, back up, and recover file systems Execute
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System Boot and Shutdown Procedures for SPARC and x86/x64-based systems Manage services using the Service Management Facility (SMF) Perform User and Security Administration Set up and manage printers and systemprocesses Perform system backup and recovery operations “Bill’s original Cert Prep guides were used throughout Sun’s service organization as the SEs studied forCertification. This was not mandated by Sun management but happened through word-of-mouth by those software engineers who had successfully passed the exam. In this new edition, Bill adds a chapter to explain the boot process (from POST to serviceinitialization through SMF) on both SPARC and x86 systems. All chapters have been updated to reflect the Solaris 05/08 updates including detailed coverage of the x86 platform. This new guide is still the best source I know of to study for theexam. –Brian Howard, Systems Engineer / Solaris Ambassador WRITTEN BY A LEADING SOLARIS EXPERT! Bill Calkins is owner and president of Pyramid Consulting, acomputer training and consulting firm specializing in the implementation and administration of open systems. He works as a consultant with Sun Microsystems and has contributed extensively to the Solaris certification program and simulationtechnology. He also owns www.unixed.com, a website that provides online UNIX training materials. Bill has more than 20 years of experience in UNIX system administration, consulting, and training at more than 250 different companies and governmentagencies and has authored several books on Solaris.

LDAP in the Solaris Operating EnvironmentDeploying Secure Directory Services *Provides an in-depth discussion of Solaris Operating Environment security methods and how they relate to LDAP as a naming service*Covers migration planning tips from
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NIS/NIS+ to an LDAP-based naming service including capacity planning*Presents an overview of LDAP tools and toolkits, and how they are used to administer LDAP as a naming service*Discusses performance principles and benchmarking techniques foroptimizing directory server performance LDAP in the Solaris Operating Environment is a follow-on to the Sun BluePrints book Solaris and LDAP Naming Services, and describes the significant improvements to the Solaris LDAP client and directory server.Deploying the Solaris Secured LDAP Client is covered in detail. This Sun BluePrints book introduces NIS/NIS+ migration tools and techniques to aid in the transition to an LDAP-based naming service. Troubleshooting tips, examples of extending Solarisauthentication methods, and examples of extending Solaris authentication methods using the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) framework are provided.

Primarily Written for those who want to earn the Sun Certified System Administrator (SCSA) certification for Solaris 10, this guide presents full coverage of the official objectives for both the required exams: CX-310-200 and CX-310-202. In spite of
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the laser sharp focus on the exam objectives, this is not a cram style book. Written in a clroseroom-based teaching style, this book presents material in a sequential fashion: topics and chapters build upon the previously covered topics and chapters.There is no hopping from topic to topic. An introductory chapter for beginners and a cohesive, concise, yet comprehensive presentation of the material makes it a self contained book that requires no prior experience in Solaris or UNIX. Even afterproseing the exam, you will find yourself coming back to use this book as an on-the-job reference. Full coverage of exam topics includes: Basic and advanced Solaris 10 installation Managing file systems and core dumps Performing user and security administration Managing network printers and system processes Performing system backups and restores and managing storage volumes Managing naming services Managing role based access control andsystem messaging Understanding fundamentals of TCP/IP networking and managing network services The book features complete details on all exam objectives, 250+ practice questions, step-by-step exercises, on-the-job elements, atwo-minute drill at the end of each chapter that reviews the key points in the chapter, and chapter self-tests. The CD contains MasterExam practice exam software with all new questions, a Searchable electronic book, and a second practice exam (withfree online registration).