I have problems when installing Oracle on Solaris. The database files are correctly copied, but the
instance does not startup, in the alert file I have a message saying that the the shm parameters are
not correct. How is it possible to know the current value of SHMMNI, SHMSEG, SHMMAX etc..., really
reading them from the solaris kernel ? I inserted some values in /etc/system, but how to know if
these new values have been taken into account ? The Oracle documentation says "ask the system
administrator". Unfortunately, I am currently the solaris sytem administrator !...

Hello I am writing small routine that should resolve URL. Using Solaris 8 box and gcc. I nedd to
use 'gethostbyname()' function but after linking, I receive message with linking error.
Does anyone knows which libraries I should include and which gcc option should be used for
compiling? ...

HOW TO SETUP APACHE SERVER IN SOLARIS 10 Apache Web Server is already included and installed in
Solaris 10 (Update 08/07). Normally it is already running as a service, but it requires some
configuration to make it run as you desire. I will use the '#' to indicate the commands
you should execute as root, and '%' to indicate it is a command to run as user. 1. Stop
the web server # svcadm disable svc:/network/http:apache2 2. Copy the file
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf-example to /etc/apache2/httpd.conf. The file 'httpd.conf-example'
contains an e...

Why SOLARIS is different to other UNIX? Well, Solaris has some important differences with other
Unix. For example the FileSystem. They use ZFile which is file system created by Sun Microsystems an
it is a 128bits file system capable for managing a unlimited capacity (2^128 bytes! it's a
very huge number!) which could be a single Hard Disk or multiple hard disks or a cluster of
computer. Another difference is the Console managment which makes the creation of users, roles and
permission a very fast and easy task by using some wizards and a graphical interfac...

hi, could you create a subforum for SOLARIS inside the subforum 'OS' here in the
'How-To's and Tutorials' forum? i thing that many good tutorials and fast guides could
be included in this category. thanks...

Hi ! I wonder if there is any special command that shows which programs are listening to which
network ports ? I have tried: # ps -ef Then I get something like this: CODE UID   PID  PPID
  C    STIME TTY         TIME CMD    root     0     0   0 07:51:10 ?           0:09
sched    root     1     0   0 07:51:10 ?           0:00 /sbin/init    root     2     0
  0 07:51:10 ?           0:00 pageout    root     3     0   0 07:51:10 ?      
    0:01 fsflush webservd   262   247   0 07:51:34 ?           0...

I've use Solaris 9 on X86 platform and i think that nobody does a best work than Sun
Microsystem: Stabe, Fast, Secure the only problem was my Net Card and the hardware in general,
it's very difficult to configure it /sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle'
alt='sad.gif' /> ...

Hi ! I wonder if anybody knows how to set up a DNS server on Solaris 10. I know that the
service should be started with: # svadm enable network/dns/server But when I write: # svcs -l
/network/dns/server I get: fmri svc:/network/dns/server:default enabled false state
disabled next_state none state_time Wed Sep 28 11:53:52 2005 restarter
svc:/system/svc/restarter:default dependency require_all/none file://localhost/etc/named.conf
(absent) dependency require_all/none svc:/system/filesystem/minimal (online) dependency
require_any/er...

ok this isn't a request for a tutorial...cause it would be like asking for someone to write me
an instruction/teaching book for free...lol...unless someone really feels like doing so...lol.
What I am asking for is a couple of book titles that would be good for a beginer to get so as to be
able to have a good referance for this OS. Thanks in advance...

Hi all I have configured Bind in Solaris Enterprise ..., Now I can dig but can't ping the
server ..I have make all necessary entries in /etc/resolv.conf..but still can dig nameserver but
can't ping why??? I m new to solaris but have configured in Linux lot of times.. help me plzz
THX ...

Alright, I'm buying a new computer and I'm planing to use my old one as an exclusive Unix
based PC, mostly to learn and practice, but to implement a couple of servers as well (mostly a
webserver, a mailserver and fileserver). So I need your opinion, which of these 2 great OSs should
I give a try first?...

Hello everyone, I decided to make a move from Linux, to Solaris, for the time being, and was
wondering how I would go about mounting an ext2 filesystem under Solaris. I used it for all my
backup stuff, which I moved to another hard disk, and now that I'm on Solaris, I need it back....