http://www.softpanorama.org/Solaris/Packages/index.shtml
o List patches applied:
# patchadd -p
o To apply a patch
Untar the patch tar.Z
# patchadd <dir>
o To add a package
# pkgadd -d <package file>
o To add a package in tar format
# tar xvfz package.tar.Z
# pkgadd -d .
This will ask you which packages in the
current directory you wish to install.
o To remove a package
# pkgrm <package>
o To get info on a package
# pkginfo -x <package>
# pkginfo -l <package>
o To list all installed packages
# pkginfo
o To find out which package a file is …
Configuring Telnet / FTP to login as root (Solaris)
Now before getting into the details of how to configure Solaris for root logins, keep in mind that this is VERY BAD security. Make sure that you NEVER configure your production servers for this type of login.
Configure Telnet for root logins
Simply edit the file /etc/default/login and comment out the following line as follows:
# If CONSOLE is set, root can only login on that device.
# Comment this line out to allow remote login …
http://netilium.org/~mad/technotes/rsync/
http://netilium.org/~mad/technotes/rsync/NTLMrsync-sparc.pkg
Installation:
* Download the package to a temporary directory.
* Run pkgadd -d NTLMrsync-sparc.pkg from that directory and select the package for installation.
Installation transcript:
# pkgadd -d NTLMrsync-sparc.pkg
The following packages are available:
1 NTLMrsync    rsync – faster, flexible replacement for rcp
(sparc) 2.6.3
Select package(s) you wish to process (or ‘all’ to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:
Processing package instance <NTLMrsync> from </tmp/NTLMrsync-sparc.pkg>
rsync – faster, flexible replacement for rcp
(sparc) 2.6.3
1. Login to your server and su to root
2. cd /root
3. vi .bashrc
4. Scroll to the end of the file then add the following:
echo ‘ALERT – Root Shell Access (YourserverName) on:’ `date` `who` | mail -s “Alert: Root Access from `who | cut -d”(” -f2 | cut -d”)” -f1`” you@yourdomain.com
Replace YourServerName with the handle for your actual server
Replace you@yourdomain.com with your actual email address
5. Crtl + XÂ then Y
