[zones-discuss] correct procedure to shutdown zones

2006-08-25 Thread Peter Wilk
All, IHAC that created zones and wants the users to be able to reboot the zones.they put the following in their password file: bounce:x:0:1:Bounce Account:/:/usr/sbin/reboot this way a user can 'su bounce ' and reboot the zone..The zone hangs while coming down and customer wants to know why..

Re: [zones-discuss] correct procedure to shutdown zones

2006-08-25 Thread Brian Kolaci
Peter Wilk wrote: All, IHAC that created zones and wants the users to be able to reboot the zones.they put the following in their password file: bounce:x:0:1:Bounce Account:/:/usr/sbin/reboot this way a user can 'su bounce ' and reboot the zone..The zone hangs while coming down and customer

Re: [zones-discuss] correct procedure to shutdown zones

2006-08-25 Thread Steffen Weiberle
I'd suggest a role with the Maintenance and Repair profile. This will allow the authorized user(s) to assume that role and run /sbin/init. This can be set per zone, from within the zone. Something such as: # roleadd -u roleid -g group -P Maintenance and Repair userinit # usermod -u userid -P

Re: [zones-discuss] correct procedure to shutdown zones

2006-08-25 Thread Peter Wilk
Brian, Thanks and I agree with you, but customer wants to see documentation from SUN which states that ..any thoughts where that would be found Peter Brian Kolaci wrote On 08/25/06 10:52,: Peter Wilk wrote: All, IHAC that created zones and wants the users to be able to reboot the

Re: [zones-discuss] question on zones and OS level

2006-08-25 Thread Jeff Victor
Peter Wilk wrote: All, IHAC that is asking the following..( solaris 5.10) if the global zone is at 01/06 and there are 2 non root zones at 01/06 if the global zone is updated to 06/06 can the user update only 1 zone to 06/06 and leave the other zone at 01/06.. No. All zones using an

Re: [zones-discuss] question on zones and OS level

2006-08-25 Thread Ihsan Zaghmouth
Jeff Victor wrote: Ihsan Zaghmouth wrote: Peter, What are the type of the Zones ? It would be interesting to try this with a Whole-root Zone, definitely not a Sparse. 1. Fully Backup the 01/06 Whole-Root and then update the GZ with 06/06. 2. You can't keep

[zones-discuss] Re: correct procedure to shutdown zones

2006-08-25 Thread Penelope Cotten
This procedure is used from the global zone. It is an alternate way to halt a zone that doesn't use the 'zoneadm halt' or 'zoneadm reboot' commands. How to Use zlogin to Shut Down a Zone http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2450/6n4o5mdfo?a=view - Penny This message posted from