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Never change system files

On most UNIX-like operating system all the standard binaries are install in /bin, /usr/bin, /sbin and /usr/sbin. There are some additional compatibility directories (at least on Solaris) but most of the essential binaries are to be found in those directories. If you download any kind of open source software (that doesn’t have a binary package […]

May 30th, 2007 | Posted in Install, Software, UNIX | No Comments

Automatic Zone Installation Part 1

In this article I will tell you about how to create a script to install a Solaris zone with one simple command. Zones is this really amazing features of Solaris 10. It is basically a virtual instance of Solaris running on top of the same kernel. You can have as many zones as you like […]

May 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Install, OpenSolaris, Software, Solaris, Zones | 5 Comments