[...]... Solaris 9 For Dummies Introduction W elcome to Solaris 9 For Dummies! This book covers everything you need to know to be productive with your computer and does it in a fun and engaging manner Solaris is the flagship Unix operating system from Sun Microsystems, a company started by a group of graduate students from Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley In fact, Sun comes from the Stanford... xiii xiv Solaris 9 For Dummies Part III: Becoming Productive with StarOffice 183 Chapter 9: Composing Documents with Writer 185 Creating New Documents 186 Altering the appearance of text .188 Tweaking colors 190 Using Styles 193 Applying a style to text . 194 Saving Documents . 195 Picking the optimal document format 196 Testing... prompt for more input) but also look for a command called (space character), which isn’t found Hence you get the otherwise puzzling error ksh: : command not found Just pay attention, and it won’t be too much of a problem! 3 4 Solaris 9 For Dummies Solaris Installation: The Missing Topic? This book diverges from most For Dummies computer titles in that it does not include any information on Solaris. .. PPP 290 PPP client configuration 291 PPP server configuration 291 xv xvi Solaris 9 For Dummies Chapter 16: Essential System Administration 293 Exploring the Solaris Management Console 293 Briefly exploring SMC . 295 Examining System Configuration 297 Starting and Stopping Your System 300 Shutting down the system with shutdown ... Index 337 xvii xviii Solaris 9 For Dummies Foreword It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Solaris, a computer operating environment that has been a important part of my life for more than 20 years Not that I’ve paid much attention to it The great thing about Solaris, from my perspective, is that it has simply been there for me whenever I need it To put it plainly, Solaris is pretty darn reliable... OS has been marketed as Solaris All versions of Solaris also have the official moniker SunOS 2.x; the x is the major release number of Solaris (Yes, Sun went backwards from 4 to 2.) If you want to impress someone who wears the Official Unix Suspenders, call Solaris 9 by its other name, SunOS 2 .9 (I’ve heard there’s a secret handshake, too.) Solaris 9 Features Each release of Solaris adds to the strength... helpful facets of Solaris, but I don’t yet know you and your unique skills, expertise, and interests I’d love to hear from you, whether you want to share brickbats, kudos, errata reports, or even funny Solaris anecdotes Start by checking out my Web site for this book: www.intuitive com /solaris/ Also feel free to contact me via e-mail at taylor@ intuitive.com Thanks and enjoy! 7 8 Solaris 9 For Dummies Part... grew from a rival college, Stanford University In fact, the name SUN comes from Stanford University Network Andreas Bechtolsheim was a student at Stanford when he saw great potential for computers designed to always have a network connection — a connection to Stanford University Network Stanford wasn’t too interested, so in 198 2 Bechtolsheim convinced a couple of fellow Stanford grad students (Scott McNealy... continue your Solaris journey in safety and comfort — and, of course, keep your hands inside the boat at all times for your own safety! The three lists are the Ten Best Solaris Web Sites, the Ten Key Security Features in Solaris 9 (just in case you’re still running a previous version of Introduction Solaris and need yet another reason to upgrade), and my favorite, the Ten Great Free Add-Ons to Solaris Icons... hacking into a Solaris system, or advanced system administration and network configuration topics You can find plenty of great books on those topics, including Java 2 For Dummies and Exploiting Security Holes For Fun and Profit For Dummies (just kidding on that one) How This Book Is Organized This book is divided into six parts, arranged to help you proceed logically in your understanding of Solaris The . Dave Taylor Solaris ™ 9 FOR DUMmIES ‰ 5 396 98 FM.qxd 4/23/03 10:15 AM Page iii 5 396 98 FM.qxd 4/23/03 10:15 AM Page ii Solaris ™ 9 FOR DUMmIES ‰ 5 396 98 FM.qxd 4/23/03 10:15 AM Page i 5 396 98 FM.qxd. 10:15 AM Page ii by Dave Taylor Solaris ™ 9 FOR DUMmIES ‰ 5 396 98 FM.qxd 4/23/03 10:15 AM Page iii Solaris ™ 9 For Dummies ® Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 90 9 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 29 Secure Shell 3 29 IPSec and IPK 3 29 SunScreen Firewall 330 Solaris 9 For Dummies xvi 5 396 98 FM.qxd 4/23/03 10:15 AM Page xvi Secure LDAP Implementation