11-01-2005
Thanks for the link to SF ... I'm aware that it is now common practice to turn off "unused" or "unnecessary" services in inetd for security purposes ... what I'm not aware of is any actual usefulness to this practice.
[SOAPBOX]As I like to tell anybody who listens, there is a difference between 'risk' and 'threat' and any so-called security professional that can't explain that difference in plain english is incompetent. I still don't know what the Authentication Management Infrastructure on Solaris actually does, so I'm in absolutely no position to weigh in on its potential risk in the environment. But nobody in our sysadmin dept. has been able to explain it to me either ... so why would a supposedly professional sysadmin turn stuff off if they don't know what it does? If this behavior is the result of a "security audit", why wouldn't the sysadmins require an explanation from the auditor before blindly flipping bits in the system configs?
Serously tho ... I'm no fan of IT security folk ... in the corporate world in which I live, breathe and work, they tend to be obstrunctionist and counter-productive ... they refuse to validate their actual utility to the company while doing much of their work in secret (they can't tell me 'why' they do anything because of security, get it?), meanwhile my productivity goes down because of the worthless hurdles they throw in my path. Cost to the company goes up, my ROI goes down. And I think that it is safe to say that the company is not any better off by the disablement of AMI on this server.[\SOAPBOX]
Back to the main thrust of my OP ... could somebody indicate WHERE can I find explanations of these services & packages? All I know is that overnight a dozen or so services in inetd.conf were commented out and the next day one of my tools was broken. I would really prefer to find out which service is the needed one without having to go through the brute-force 'turn them on one at a time' method of experimentation.
tia
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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)