Topics for the Oracle Solaris 11 Release

The following services or utilities are covered in this collection:

Perl 5

The Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) is a tool that can be used to generate scripts to assist with system administration tasks.

Chapter 2, Managing Web Cache Servers

NCA provides improved web server performance by caching web pages.

Chapter 3, Time-Related Services

NTP and time-related utilities can be used to synchronize time for many systems.

Managing Network File Systems in Oracle Solaris 11.1

NFS is a protocol that provides the ability to access file systems from a remote host.

Managing Service Location Protocol Services in Oracle Solaris 11.1

SLP is a dynamic service discovery protocol.

Managing SMB File Sharing and Windows Interoperability in Oracle Solaris 11.1

SMB is used to share file systems from Windows servers.

Working With Naming and Directory Services in Oracle Solaris 11.1

Naming Services provide centralized information that enables users and systems to communicate across the network.

Managing sendmail Services in Oracle Solaris 11.1

Mail services allow for a message to be sent to one or more people while routing the message over whatever networks are necessary.

Managing Serial Networks Using UUCP and PPP in Oracle Solaris 11.1

PPP is a protocol that provides point-to-point links between remote hosts.

UUCP enables hosts to exchange files.

Managing Remote Systems in Oracle Solaris 11.1

These commands are used to access files on remote systems. The commands include ftp, rlogin and rcp.