Solaris: service management facility commands
List all running services # svcs List detailed information about a service # svcs -x List the services a given service depends of # svcs -d List the services that…
Installing additional locales in Solaris
If you need to add support to additional locales on an already installed Solaris system, then you have to do the following: SOLARIS 11 1. Determine the locale name you…
change hostname in Solaris
The procedure for changing hostname varies, depending of the Solaris version: SOLARIS 11 1. Change the nodename/config property in system/identity:node service: # svccfg -s system/identity:node setprop config/nodename="new_hostname" 2. Refresh the…
Automounting removable media in Solaris
By default, Solaris automatically mounts removable media (like CDROMs), you don't have to do anything special. In the case that automounting is not working, then probably the related service(s) that…
Mount an ISO image in Solaris
The Solaris lofi file driver allows to handle a file as a block device, this is managed via the lofiadm command. The procedure to mount an ISO image is the…
Enabling/disabling audit in Solaris
Prior to version 11, auditing in Solaris was not enabled by default, so a procedure involving a reboot is required. Starting with Solaris 11, auditing is enabled by default so…