Re: [indiana-discuss] [docs-discuss] REVIEW System Admin. Guide for the Back to School Kit
On 2/08/2008, at 10:17 AM, Kathy Slattery wrote: I have been leading a group of writers working on a companion to the Getting Started Guide. The idea is to document some useful procedures to help configure an OpenSolaris laptop after the OS is installed. Please take a look at a review draft of the OpenSolaris 2008.05 System Administration Guide (OSadminguide.pdf) at: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/files/ A couple of comments based on an initial read - - 'How to start a Program' The use of program seems a little strange, perhaps it should be 'how to start a service' - No mention of pfexec? Given that this is one of the major features of 2008.05, it seems a pity not to mention it. - It would be great to detail how to connect to an encrypted network (WEP/WPA) through use of the dladm create-secobj command. - No mention of IPS/packagemanager? Glynn ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
Re: [indiana-discuss] [docs-discuss] REVIEW System Admin. Guide for the Back to School Kit
Glynn Foster wrote: - No mention of pfexec? Given that this is one of the major features of 2008.05, it seems a pity not to mention it. And examples like those given in the Configuring Network Settings sections would seem to be better given using pfexec than telling people to su to root when they can't actually do that in the default configuration (as is noted about 10 pages later). The note about root's shell reminds me we still need chsh, since it implies the only way to change root's shell is vi /etc/passwd. In the finding CIFS shares section, wouldn't it be better to call it the Nautilus file browser instead of the Sun Java(TM) Desktop System file browser? I thought most JDS branding was gone in 2008.05. Under how to shut down a system, what about the Shutdown entry in the GNOME menu? -- -Alan Coopersmith- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
Re: [indiana-discuss] [docs-discuss] REVIEW System Admin. Guide for the Back to School Kit
On 2/08/2008, at 11:09 AM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: In the finding CIFS shares section, wouldn't it be better to call it the Nautilus file browser instead of the Sun Java(TM) Desktop System file browser? I thought most JDS branding was gone in 2008.05. I'd probably not even use Nautilus, since it isn't even a term used on the desktop - perhaps just GNOME file browser, or desktop file browser. Glynn ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
Re: [indiana-discuss] [docs-discuss] REVIEW System Admin. Guide for the Back to School Kit
Glynn Foster wrote: On 2/08/2008, at 11:09 AM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: In the finding CIFS shares section, wouldn't it be better to call it the Nautilus file browser instead of the Sun Java(TM) Desktop System file browser? I thought most JDS branding was gone in 2008.05. I'd probably not even use Nautilus, since it isn't even a term used on the desktop - perhaps just GNOME file browser, or desktop file browser. Glynn ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss I think it's actually GNOME File Manager. James ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
Re: [indiana-discuss] [docs-discuss] REVIEW System Admin. Guide for the Back to School Kit
Thanks for responding to this so quickly. I can answer one of your questions, Glynn. See below. - Steff Glynn Foster wrote: snippage A couple of comments based on an initial read - snippage - It would be great to detail how to connect to an encrypted network (WEP/WPA) through use of the dladm create-secobj command. The table at the end of the Network Configuration section has a link to documentation for the WiFi commands. Unfortunately, the links are not live yet. So you wouldn't know that the link to a whole section of CLI WiFi commands also goes to instructions for creating a WEP key with dladm create-secobj. I'm not sure that this SAG guide would need a duplicate procedure for creating a WEP key. I'd leave that up to Kathy. I'm certainly open to creating a specific link to the procedure for secure communications through WEP in the table at the end of the Network Configuration section. ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
Re: [indiana-discuss] [docs-discuss] REVIEW System Admin. Guide for the Back to School Kit
On 2/08/2008, at 11:29 AM, Stephanie Brucker wrote: - It would be great to detail how to connect to an encrypted network (WEP/WPA) through use of the dladm create-secobj command. The table at the end of the Network Configuration section has a link to documentation for the WiFi commands. Unfortunately, the links are not live yet. So you wouldn't know that the link to a whole section of CLI WiFi commands also goes to instructions for creating a WEP key with dladm create-secobj. I'm not sure that this SAG guide would need a duplicate procedure for creating a WEP key. I'd leave that up to Kathy. I'm certainly open to creating a specific link to the procedure for secure communications through WEP in the table at the end of the Network Configuration section. I assume you're trying to document some of the common use cases that someone new to OpenSolaris would go through - I would have thought encrypted wifi networks were common enough to include. Glynn ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
Re: [indiana-discuss] [docs-discuss] REVIEW System Admin. Guide for the Back to School Kit
Hi Glynn, Sorry to be a dolt, but what's the strategy behind using pfexec if the OpenSolaris installation goes through the trouble of setting up root as a role? I also noticed that the secondary user account that the OpenSolaris install creates also has root privileges as a role. So, why aren't we using the roles? In previous Solaris versions, we recommended setting up roles and using them, and not using pfexec manually. Since I'm late to this party, please feel free set me straight. Regards, Cindy - Original Message - From: Glynn Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, August 1, 2008 4:57 pm Subject: Re: [docs-discuss] REVIEW System Admin. Guide for the Back to School Kit To: Kathy Slattery [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 2/08/2008, at 10:17 AM, Kathy Slattery wrote: I have been leading a group of writers working on a companion to the Getting Started Guide. The idea is to document some useful procedures to help configure an OpenSolaris laptop after the OS is installed. Please take a look at a review draft of the OpenSolaris 2008.05 System Administration Guide (OSadminguide.pdf) at: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/files/ A couple of comments based on an initial read - - 'How to start a Program' The use of program seems a little strange, perhaps it should be 'how to start a service' - No mention of pfexec? Given that this is one of the major features of 2008.05, it seems a pity not to mention it. - It would be great to detail how to connect to an encrypted network (WEP/WPA) through use of the dladm create-secobj command. - No mention of IPS/packagemanager? Glynn ___ docs-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
