Solaris 10: The Complete Reference (Complete Reference Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Paul Watters
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
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Pages: 738
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ISBN: 0072229985
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Publication Date: January 19, 2005
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 doesn't even mention basic service administration July 31, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Most of the services for Solaris 10 are under control of the service management facility (smf - try 'man smf') and the svcs and svcadm command. You can't start, stop, disable, or enable most services without it.
This book doesn't even mention them. It still refers to /etc/init.d/ scripts (some are still there but most, such as the various nfs and automount services are not).
This isn't a linux or general unix book - the book has 'SOLARIS' on the cover and should reflect Solaris.
A complete mistake July 17, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book not only doesn't really cover Solaris 10 but previous ones, but also is so full of mistakes, that I am really glad I had the opportunity to check it without buying.
 Where's SMF? January 6, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this book because it was the most appropriate book on Solaris 10 that I could find at the bookstore. I am a long time Solaris system administrator, but I wanted a book that specifically talked about the new features of Solaris 10.
I didn't know about SMF when I bought the book, but it's a pretty important feature that replaced previous methods of system management in Solaris. I just can't believe that this book does not even mention it. I see other people have complained about the same thing.
I also noticed that the book did not give a good overview of the installation. I had to go online to look up anything I didn't know about in regards to the install since the book just didn't discuss it.
I gave this book a two star rating because it's an okay general Solaris reference book, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
AGREED -- DO NOT BUY December 16, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The biggest disappointment for me was no discussion of SMF. If these reviews were here before I bought the book quite a number of months ago, I would not have gotten it. It is indeed a rehash of Solaris 9 ideas. It would have been very helpful if there was some discussion on how to control your own inet connections by modifying an XML template -- but alas there is no mention of this in the book. The one person who rated this a five has obviously not used Solaris 10 very much other than some very basic issues. Any system administrator book probably would have worked for that person.
Solaris 10 Disappointment November 22, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is NOT a true reference book for Solaris 10. Rather, it introduces Solaris 7-9 to a novice Unix user with only a few references to Solaris 10 features. And even on those few Solaris 10 items, there are not enough examples or configuration ideas. Based on the paucity of relevant information, one could not even use this book to determine if an upgrade to Solaris 10 is warranted.
The purchase of this book was a complete waste of money.
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