[zones-discuss] Finding out properties of a directory within a zone

2007-06-18 Thread Andrew Black
Is there a way of finding out the status of a particular directory from within a nonglobal zone. I would like to find out whether a directory is - inherirted package directory (read only in the zone) - zone has its own copy - shared with the global zone Forgive me if I have the wrong terminolo

[zones-discuss] Accessing CD from a non global zone

2007-08-20 Thread Andrew Black
Hi Is there a way of allowing a non global zone to see the CD drive on a machine? Failing that, any alternative ways forward, eg creating an image of the CD and sharing this as a file? Andrew ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.or

[zones-discuss] Backup / restore a zone

2007-08-22 Thread Andrew Black
I want to be able to backup a zone and later restore it to the postition I have backed up. Basicaly we are testing an installation procedure and would like to restore back to a clean state. Ideally i would like a non privileged user (or root on the zone) to be able to do this. But I suspect th

[zones-discuss] Writing to /usr/.......... in a zone

2007-10-25 Thread Andrew Black
Hi We are trying to install java into a non global zone. We are having trouble creating the file /usr/share/gnome/mime-info/java-archive.keys My feeling is that this is cause by the following bit of config but I am fairly new to zones. How can I get round it. inherit-pkg-dir: dir: /u

[zones-discuss] Configuration on first boot of a zone

2007-11-07 Thread Andrew Black
When I first create a zone, it normally asks you some questions such as the time zone and whether you want NIS etc. - is there any way of autmating this so you always get the same answer - today I created a zone and it didnt ask me these questions. I wasnt aware of doing anything different. A

Re: [zones-discuss] Configuration on first boot of a zone

2007-11-08 Thread Andrew Black
"Enda O'Connor ( Sun Micro Systems Ireland)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Hi > Did you clone the zone by any chance as this does not go through > sysidcfg? I didnt know you can clone zones? this would be useful > Else how did you create the zone? No- I created it usi

[zones-discuss] Account in global and non-global zone

2008-04-29 Thread Andrew Black
Is there an easy way to create a user account in a non global zone that replicates an existing account in the global zone. Using Solaris 10 ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zones-discuss] Account in global and non-global zone

2008-04-29 Thread Andrew Black
Steffen Weiberle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:48170EEA.5070009 @sun.com: > Yes, I have done this. I duplicate the passwd/shadow entries in /etc/ > into /root/etc/ and lofs mount the home directory into the > non-global zone. Is it OK for root on the global zone to write into /root/etc/ or

[zones-discuss] Want to run same command on all zones

2007-11-10 Thread Andrew Black (delete obvious bit)
Hi i would like to run same command on all zones. Googling sauggests thet following, but the link is broken. Blog O’ Matty » Solaris Zones - 12:29 While reading through Brendan Gregg’s Solaris zones tutorial, I ran across his zonerun script. This nifty little script allows you to run a command