Availability of Solaris Management Commands
This series of tables lists commands that perform the same tasks as the
Solaris management tools. For information on diskless client support, see Chapter 7, Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks).
Solaris System Management Commands
This table describes the commands that provide the same functionality as the Solaris
management tools. You must be superuser or assume an equivalent role to use
these commands. Some of these commands are for the local system only. Others
commands operate in a name service environment. See the appropriate man page and
refer to the -D option.
Table 1-6 Descriptions for Solaris Management Commands
Command |
Description |
Man Page |
smc |
Starts the Solaris Management Console |
smc(1M) |
smcron |
Manages crontab jobs |
smcron(1M) |
smdiskless |
Manages
diskless client support |
smdiskless(1M) |
smexec |
Manages entries in the exec_attr database |
smexec(1M) |
smgroup |
Manages group entries |
smgroup(1M) |
smlog |
Manages and views
WBEM log files |
smlog(1M) |
smmultiuser |
Manages bulk operations on multiple user accounts |
smmultiuser(1M) |
smosservice |
Adds Operating System (OS)
services and diskless client support |
smosservice(1M) |
smprofile |
Manages profiles in the prof_attr and exec_attr
databases |
smprofile(1M) |
smrole |
Manages roles and users in role accounts |
smrole(1M) |
smserialport |
Manages serial ports |
smserialport(1M) |
smuser |
Manages user
entries |
smuser(1M) |
This table describes the commands you can use to manage RBAC from
the command line. You must be superuser or assume an equivalent role to
use these commands. These commands cannot be used to manage RBAC information in
a name service environment.
Table 1-7 RBAC Command Descriptions
Command |
Description |
References |
auths |
Displays authorizations granted to a user |
auths(1) |
profiles |
Displays execution profiles for a
user |
profiles(1) |
roleadd |
Adds a new role to the system |
roleadd(1M) |
roles |
Displays roles granted to a user |
roles(1) |
This table describes the commands you can use to manage users, groups, and
RBAC features from the command line. You must be superuser or assume
an equivalent role to use these commands. These commands cannot be used to
manage user and group information in a name service environment.
Table 1-8 Solaris User/Group Command Descriptions
Command |
Description |
References |
useradd, usermod, userdel |
Adds, modifies,
or removes a user |
useradd(1M), usermod(1M), userdel(1M) |
groupadd, groupmod, groupdel |
Adds, modifies, or removes a
group |
groupadd(1M), groupmod(1M), groupdel(1M) |