> Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:15:53 -0400 > From: James Carlson <james.d.carlson at sun.com> > Subject: Re: [install-discuss] Re: [Recap] Non-root install for Solaris packages
Thanks for the clairification on the zones and IP addresses. > > > The other problem I hear wrt zones is that the O/S > > administator is not the application administrator and > > that there would have to be some communication > > between the two to create a zone. The argument I heard was that having to ask the O/S administrator to even set up a zone is problematic. Once the zone is in place, things are fine. Margot > > That's not quite true. > > Non-global zone administrators can't touch the global zone, and thus > can't affect the rest of the system. > > They _can_ install their own local applications in their own zone, and > that operation does _not_ require "communication" between the > non-global zone administrator and the global zone administrator. > > -- > James Carlson, KISS Network <james.d.carlson at sun.com> > Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 > MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
