Solaris

hello,

first, I'm quite new to solaris.
I've installed solaris 10 basic (item 4 on the install-menue).

now I had to realize that I don't have any option for connecting the machine from remote. ssh isn't even installed although I've coosed 'yes' for remote access. no matter what solaris is meaning whith that point.

so, I would like to install ssh additional. but I have no idea how solaris is managing the devices. I have no automount. wouldn't be a problem at all, but I don't see any log about accessing the DVD by reason of the basic install I guess. so, normaly stil wouldn't be a problem. for what we have the internet. but I even don't have wget or fetch! (wtf? | why? | anything else there?)

So how can I find out which device I have to mount get access to the DVD?
I even don't understand the solaris log-system. where are what kind of log files stored? I have a /var/adm directory with logfiles and a /var/log directory. so what will be stored where?

further, I'm used to configure the syslog on my machines by generating a

Code:

*.*  /var/log/allmessages

-like conf. where can I configure that on solaris?
/etc/syslog.conf doesn't seem to like that config.

beside, I have some question on zfs. I've also installed another machine to do some zfs tests.
in few words I need a setup with two disks where one disk is a system disk (whole zfs) and the second will be periodicly sync with the first.
I do it with

Code:

zfs send -R rpool@today | zfs recv -F -d rbackup

but I ran in the problem that after a reboot (from the first disk) / couldn't be mounted becouse solaris/zfs also try to mount the backuppool on / I guess. / on the first disk is mounted anyway but the failure coused some problems which results not to start the ssh server.

the thing is, I've created the pool by

Code:

zpool create  -o failmode=continue -m none rbackup c2t1d0

even if I do a

Code:

zpool create -o altroot=/NOROOT

it won't work.
I don't understand why solaris is ignoring the -m or altroot options?

after I did a

Code:

zfs set mountpoint=/xyz

it's work lije expected.

so, I wonder where are the differeces between zfs create and zpool create?
and how can I set the second disk an offline? I've allways get an error message when I try so.

thanks for answers and sorry for my english folks.

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fourty2's post looked ok to me. His English is fine, some sentences look a little out place at times, but oh well. It's internet! But I agree, please refrain from using profanity.

Moving along, I can try to help you out with SSH issue. Solaris 10 should have installed ssh by default. It may not have been turned on.

Code:

svcadm enable ssh
svcadm restart ssh

BTW, look into svcadm command. It's used by most if not all the default services in Solaris 10.
Also, wget and fetch are not the "usual" utilities. You will have to download them and install them. One good place to look for them is:
Automount: Solaris 10 does have automount feature. Please look into autofs. I think you can automount CD/DVD by this command too:

Code:

svcadm enable smserver
svcadm enable volfs

It should mount your CD/DVD under /cdrom

HTH,
Nitin

@ all:
sorry for my inappropriate spell. I will choose it more prudent next time. I wasn't aware that typical net shortcut doesn't fit.
for the rest of my english - well I do my best to put things into words...

@ nitin:
thanks for the reply.
the problem is solaris 10 with the basic installation will not come with ssh installed. I need to install it first. but to do so I need either the installation medium mounted or fetch it from the web. but unless I get wget or fetch installed I have no tools to do so.

I don't have access to the server at the moment. but I will try this tomorrow. certainly I doubt that Solaris will install such a too while leaving ssh outside.

as a beginner it is best to install the complete installation. after you are more familar with the system you can stripe it down to fit your needs...

well, I prefer the way from the other side. minimal installation and fit it to my needs. I would't say that I'm a unix guru but I'm not so new to unix systems at all. only on solaris.
and solaris ist the first system which I met that comes without ssh on a basic installation. even without fetch or wget, tools which I would rate rather essential. at least ssh.
maybe someone can tell me why it is so?

You didn't choose "basic installation" as there is no such choice.
You choose a very minimal installation, either core or reduced network.
Should you have selected "end user" or better clusters, ssh would have been included.

You might fix your installation by manually mounting your installation media and installing the missing packages but that would be quite a burden. The easiest way would be, as already suggested, to reinstall from scratch and select full install.