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Operating Systems Solaris Solaris zones and PATH Post 302359373 by jabberwocky on Tuesday 6th of October 2009 11:30:14 AM
Old 10-06-2009
Solaris zones and PATH
Hi,

I use a zoned solaris box, 5.10 Generic_118833-33, E2900. It is used for both a database and application. The databases are installated on one zone and then there are separate live, development and test application zones.

There has been a requirement to install openldap on the application servers.
Each application has its own OS user that owns the application software.
There are about 150 applications on the zones in total.

Part of the ldap requirement is to set up the PATH environment variable for the OS user to pick up 'cc' from SUNWspro/bin, in the .profile.

Because of the large number of different OS users, I am in the habit of logging on to the global zone, su - , to switch to root, then use zlogin <zone_name> to logon to appropriate zone as root, then su - <OS user> to enter a shell as the OS user that owns the application.

For anyone else from other departments, we supply them with the password for the appropriate OS user when they need to investigate anything on the application sever, this allows them to logon directly to the zone, without the need for root access.

Following extensive investigation after some compilation issues I have found that the .profile is invoked differently when logging directlly into the zone and when using zlogin to access the zone from the global zone and then invoking su - <OS user>.

For a .profile thus:

PATH=$PATH/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/ccs/bin
export PATH

Running su - from a zlogin shell as root to this user gives a PATH of

...etc/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/ccs/bin

However logging directly into the zone as the OS user gives:

...etc/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/ccs/bin

The path appended to the PATH variable is incorrect on logging directly into the zone.

Does anyone know who to append to the $PATH variable in a way so that both methods of logging in will show the same, correct value for $PATH.

Thanks,

Jabberwocky
 

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install-solaris

install-solaris(1M)													       install-solaris(1M)

NAME

       install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       install-solaris

       install-solaris	invokes  the  Solaris  Install	program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
       install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.

       The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:

       For SPARC machines:

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       384 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       For x86 machines:

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       512 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number  of  fea-
       tures available.

       install-solaris	exists	only  on  the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the  for more
       details.

       install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
       installation media. Refer to the  for disk space requirements.

       Refer to the  for more information on the various menus and selections.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcdrom  (Solaris instal-  |
       |			     |lation media)		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.

								    23 Sep 2005 					       install-solaris(1M)
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