System Administration Guide: Resource Management and Network Services

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Preface
Chapter 1 Resource Management and Network Service (Overview)
- Topics for the Solaris 9 Release
- Perl 5
Chapter 2 Managing Web Cache Servers
- Network Cache and Accelerator (Overview)
- Managing Web Cache Servers (Task Map)
- Administering the Caching of Web Pages (Tasks)
- Caching Web Pages (Reference)
  - NCA Files
  - NCA Architecture
    - NCA to Httpd Request Flow
    - Interpositioning Library for Door Server Daemon Support
Chapter 3 Time-Related Services
- Clock Synchronization (Overview)
- Managing Network Time Protocol (Tasks)
  - How to Set Up an NTP Server
  - How to Set Up an NTP Client
- Using Other Time-Related Commands (Tasks)
  - How to Synchronize Date and Time From Another System
    - Example—Synchronizing Date and Time From Another System
- Network Time Protocol (Reference)
Chapter 4 Solaris 9 Resource Manager Topics
Chapter 5 Introduction to Solaris 9 Resource Manager
- Overview
- When to Use Resource Management
  - Server Consolidation
  - Supporting a Large or Varied User Population
- Setting Up Resource Management (Task Map)
Chapter 6 Projects and Tasks
- Overview
- Projects
- Tasks
- Commands Used to Administer Projects and Tasks
  - Command Options Used With Projects and Tasks
  - Using cron and su With Projects and Tasks
    - cron
    - su
- Project Administration Examples
Chapter 7 Extended Accounting
- Overview
- How Extended Accounting Works
  - Extensible Format
  - exacct Records and Format
- Extended Accounting Configuration
- Commands Used With Extended Accounting
- Using Extended Accounting Functionality
Chapter 8 Resource Controls
- Overview
- Administering Resource Controls
- Configuration
- Temporarily Updating Resource Control Values on a Running System
  - Updating Logging Status
  - Updating Resource Controls
- Using Resource Controls
- Capacity Warnings
  - How to Determine Whether a Web Server Is Allocated Enough CPU Capacity
Chapter 9 Fair Share Scheduler
- Overview
- CPU Share Definition
- CPU Shares and Process State
- CPU Share Versus Utilization
- CPU Share Examples
- FSS Configuration
  - Projects and Users
  - CPU Shares Configuration
- FSS and Processor Sets
  - FSS and Processor Sets Examples
- Combining FSS With Other Scheduling Classes
- Monitoring the FSS
  - How to Monitor System CPU Usage by Projects
  - How to Monitor CPU Usage by Projects in Processor Sets
- FSS Configuration Examples
Chapter 10 Resource Pools
- Overview
- When to Use Pools
- Administering Pools
- Pools Framework
- Implementing Pools on a System
- Dynamic Reconfiguration Operations and Resource Pools
- Creating Pools Configurations
- Activating and Deactivating Pools Configurations
  - How to Activate a Pools Configuration
  - How to Deactivate a Pools Configuration
- Binding to a Pool
Chapter 11 Resource Management Configuration Example
- Configuration to Be Consolidated
- Consolidation Configuration
- Creating the Configuration
- Viewing the Configuration
Chapter 12 Resource Control Functionality in the Solaris Management Console
- Using the Console (Task Map)
- Overview
- Management Scope
- Performance Tool
- Resource Controls Tab
- References
Chapter 13 Accessing Remote File Systems Topics
Chapter 14 Managing Network File Systems (Overview)
- NFS Terminology
  - NFS Servers and Clients
  - NFS File Systems
- About the NFS Service
- About Autofs
- Features of the NFS Service
Chapter 15 Remote File-System Administration (Tasks)
- Automatic File-System Sharing
- Mounting File Systems
- Setting Up NFS Services
- Administering the Secure NFS System
  - How to Set Up a Secure NFS Environment With DH Authentication
- WebNFS Administration Tasks
- Autofs Administration Task Overview
- Strategies for NFS Troubleshooting
- NFS Troubleshooting Procedures
- Troubleshooting Autofs
- NFS Error Messages
Chapter 16 Accessing Remote File Systems Reference
- NFS Files
  - /etc/default/nfslogd
  - /etc/nfs/nfslog.conf
- NFS Daemons
- NFS Commands
- Other Useful Commands
- How the NFS Service Works
- Autofs Maps
- How Autofs Works
- Autofs Reference
  - Metacharacters
  - Special Characters
Chapter 17 SLP Topics
Chapter 18 SLP (Overview)
- SLP Architecture
  - Summary of the SLP Design
  - SLP Agents and Processes
- SLP Implementation
  - Other SLP Information Sources
Chapter 19 Planning and Enabling SLP (Tasks)
- SLP Configuration Considerations
  - Deciding What to Reconfigure
- Using snoop to Monitor SLP Activity
  - How to Use snoop to Run SLP Traces
  - Analyzing a snoop slp Trace
    - Where to Go From Here
- Enabling SLP
Chapter 20 Administering SLP (Tasks)
- Configuring SLP Properties
  - SLP Configuration File: Basic Elements
    - Configuration Properties
    - Comment Lines and Notations
  - How to Change Your SLP Configuration
- Modifying DA Advertising and Discovery Frequency
- Accommodating Different Network Media, Topologies, or Configurations
- Modifying Timeouts on SLP Discovery Requests
- Deploying Scopes
- Deploying DAs
- Multihoming
Chapter 21 Incorporating Legacy Services
- When to Advertise Legacy Services
- Advertising Legacy Services
- Considerations When Advertising Legacy Services
Chapter 22 SLP (Reference)
- SLP Status Codes
- SLP Message Types
Chapter 23 Mail Services Topics
Chapter 24 Mail Services (Overview)
- What's New in Version 8.12 of sendmail
  - Other sendmail Information Sources
- Introduction to the Components of Mail Services
  - Overview of the Software Components
  - Overview of the Hardware Components
Chapter 25 Mail Services (Tasks)
- Mail Services Task Map
- Planning Your Mail System
  - Local Mail Only
  - Local Mail and a Remote Connection
- Setting Up Mail Services (Task Map)
- Setting Up Mail Services (Tasks)
- Building the sendmail.cf Configuration File (Task)
  - How to Build a New sendmail.cf File
- Managing Mail Delivery by Using an Alternate Configuration (Task)
  - How to Manage Mail Delivery by Using an Alternate Configuration of sendmail.cf
- Administering Mail Alias Files (Task Map)
- Administering Mail Alias Files (Tasks)
- Administering the Queue Directories (Task Map)
- Administering the Queue Directories (Tasks)
- Administering .forward Files (Task Map)
- Administering .forward Files (Tasks)
- Troubleshooting Procedures and Tips for Mail Services (Task Map)
- Troubleshooting Procedures and Tips for Mail Services (Tasks)
- Resolving Error Messages
Chapter 26 Mail Services (Reference)
- Solaris Version of sendmail
- Software and Hardware Components of Mail Services
  - Software Components
  - Hardware Components
- Mail Service Programs and Files
- Mail Addresses and Mail Routing
- Interactions of sendmail With Name Services
Chapter 27 What's New With Mail Services (Reference)
- Changes to sendmail
- Changes to mail.local
- Changes to mailstats
- Changes to makemap
- New Command, editmap
- Other Changes and Features of Interest
Chapter 28 Modem–Related Network Services Topics
Chapter 29 Solaris PPP 4.0 (Overview)
- Solaris PPP 4.0 Basics
- PPP Configurations and Terminology
  - Dial-up PPP Overview
  - Leased-Line PPP Overview
- PPP Authentication
- Support for DSL Users Through PPPoE
Chapter 30 Planning for the PPP Link (Tasks)
- Overall PPP Planning (Task Map)
- Planning a Dial-up PPP Link
- Planning a Leased-Line Link
- Planning for Authentication on a Link
- Planning for DSL Support Over a PPPoE Tunnel
Chapter 31 Setting Up a Dial-up PPP Link (Tasks)
- Major Tasks for Setting Up the Dial-up PPP Link (Task Map)
- Configuring the Dial-out Machine
- Configuring the Dial-in Server
- Calling the Dial-in Server
  - Where to Go From Here
Chapter 32 Setting Up a Leased-Line PPP Link (Tasks)
- Setting Up a Leased Line (Task Map)
- Configuring Synchronous Devices on the Leased Line
  - Prerequisites for Synchronous Devices Setup
  - How to Configure Synchronous Devices
    - Where to Go From Here
- Configuring a Machine on the Leased Line
  - Prerequisites for Configuring the Local Machine on a Leased Line
  - How to Configure a Machine on a Leased Line
    - Where to Go From Here
Chapter 33 Setting Up PPP Authentication (Tasks)
- Configuring PPP Authentication (Task Map)
- Configuring PAP Authentication
- Configuring CHAP Authentication
Chapter 34 Setting Up a PPPoE Tunnel (Tasks)
- Major Tasks for Setting Up a PPPoE Tunnel (Task Maps)
- Setting Up the PPPoE Client
- Setting Up a PPPoE Access Server
Chapter 35 Fixing Common Problems (Tasks)
- Solving PPP Problems (Task Map)
- Tools for Troubleshooting PPP
  - How to Obtain Diagnostic Information From pppd
  - How to Turn on PPP Debugging
- Fixing Network Problems That Affect PPP Performance
  - How to Diagnose Network Problems
- Fixing General Communications Problems
  - How to Diagnose and Fix Communications Problems
- Fixing PPP Configuration Problems
  - How to Diagnose Problems With the PPP Configuration
- Fixing Modem-Related Problems
  - How to Diagnose Modem Problems
- Fixing Chat Script-Related Problems
  - How to Obtain Debugging Information for Chat Scripts
- Fixing Serial Line Speed Problems
  - How to Diagnose and Fix Serial Line Speed Problems
- Fixing Leased-Line Problems
- Diagnosing and Fixing Authentication Problems
- Diagnosing and Fixing PPPoE Problems
  - How to Obtain Diagnostic Information for PPPoE
Chapter 36 Solaris PPP 4.0 Reference
- Using PPP Options in Files and on the Command Line
- Configuring User-Specific Options
  - Configuring $HOME/.ppprc on a Dial-in Server
  - Configuring $HOME/.ppprc on a Dial-out Machine
- Specifying Information for Communicating With the Dial-in Server
- Configuring Modems for a Dial-up Link
  - Configuring the Modem Speed
- Defining the Conversation on the Dial-up Link
- Authenticating Callers on a Link
  - Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)
  - Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
    - /etc/ppp/chap-secrets File
    - What Happens During CHAP Authentication
- Creating an IP Addressing Scheme for Callers
- Creating PPPoE Tunnels for DSL Support
Chapter 37 Migrating From Asynchronous Solaris PPP to Solaris PPP 4.0 (Tasks)
- Before Converting asppp Files
- Running the asppp2pppd Conversion Script (Tasks)
Chapter 38 Overview of UUCP
- UUCP Hardware Configurations
- UUCP Software
- UUCP Database Files
  - Configuring UUCP Database Files
Chapter 39 Administering UUCP
- UUCP Administration Task Map
- Adding UUCP Logins
  - How to Add UUCP Logins
- Starting UUCP
- Running UUCP Over TCP/IP
  - How to Activate UUCP for TCP/IP
- UUCP Security and Maintenance
  - Setting Up UUCP Security
  - Regular UUCP Maintenance
    - Email for UUCP
    - UUCP Public Directory
- Troubleshooting UUCP
Chapter 40 UUCP Reference
- UUCP /etc/uucp/Systems File
- UUCP /etc/uucp/Devices File
- UUCP /etc/uucp/Dialers File
  - UUCP Hardware Flow Control
  - UUCP Setting Parity
- Other Basic UUCP Configuration Files
- UUCP /etc/uucp/Permissions File
- UUCP /etc/uucp/Poll File
- UUCP /etc/uucp/Config File
- UUCP/etc/uucp/Grades File
- Other UUCP Configuration Files
- UUCP Administrative Files
- UUCP Error Messages
Chapter 41 Working With Remote Systems Topics
Chapter 42 Working With Remote Systems (Overview)
- What Is the FTP Server?
- What Is a Remote System?
- What's New for the Solaris 9 FTP Server?
Chapter 43 Administering the FTP Server (Tasks)
- Controlling FTP Server Access
- Setting Up FTP Server Logins
- Customizing Message Files
- Controlling Access to Files on the FTP Server
  - How to Control File Access Commands
    - Example—How to Control File Access Commands
- Controlling Uploads and Downloads on the FTP Server
  - How to Control Uploads to the FTP Server
    - Example—Controlling Uploads to the FTP Server
  - How to Control Downloads to the FTP Server
    - Example—Controlling Downloads to the FTP Server
- Virtual Hosting
  - How to Enable Limited Virtual Hosting
    - Example—Enabling Limited Virtual Hosting
  - How to Enable Complete Virtual Hosting
    - Example—Enabling Complete Virtual Hosting
- Starting the FTP Server Automatically
- Shutting Down the FTP Server
  - How to Shut Down the FTP Server
- Debugging the FTP Server
Chapter 44 Accessing Remote Systems (Tasks)
- Logging In to a Remote System (rlogin)
- Logging In to a Remote System (ftp)
- Remote Copying With rcp
Chapter 45 Monitoring Network Services Topics
Chapter 46 Monitoring Network Performance (Tasks)
- Monitoring Network Performance
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