errata Solaris 8

Errata:
   "Solaris 8 System Administrator Certification Training Guide"
                                    
ISBN 1-57870-259-3

Incorrect page numbers referenced in the Index.
You might have noticed that some of the page numbers that are referenced in the Index are incorrect. This is due to a technical error at the publisher. The correct Index is available for download by clicking on the following link:           newindex.pdf
 

Chapter 1

Pg 23, Table 1.2
Description for Init state 1 currently reads:
     All file systems are still available, any logged in users can remain logged in.
Should read:
     All file systems are still available.

Pg 36 first para. under /usr/sbin/shutdown section

Last sentence should read:
     The default is run level  S .

Pg 36, last para., first sentence, should read:
   When the shutdown command is initiated, all logged in users and all systems ….

Chapter 2

 Pg 96
Answer to Question 9 should read:
     Use the nvalias command from the OpenBoot PROM or theeeprom command from
     the Unix prompt to create a permanent alias in NVRAM that remains in effect even after a reboot.

Pg 97
Question 23, the correct answer should be C, not D.  The explanation of the correct answer is correct as is.

Chapter 3

Pg 107,  first para. 
Currently reads:
   1.13 GB of disk space
It should read:
   1.9 GB of disk space

Pg 118, Table 3.3
   The last command listed reads:   Dmesg
   It should not be caps and should read:   dmesg

Chapter 4

 Pg 148
The code after para 4 reads:
   /usr/bin/gzcat   104945-02.tar.gz | tar xvf
Should read:
   /usr/bin/gzcat   104945-02.tar.gz | tar xvf  -               (add the hyphen on the end)

Chapter 5

Pg 171, middle of the page:
The code that reads: 
     useradd  [ -u <uid> ] –o ……..
Should read:
     usermod  [ -u <uid> ] –o ……..

Pg 172
The two lines of code near the top of the page read:
     usermod –d /export/home/wcalkins –m  -s /bin/ksh  –l  wcalkins bcalkins

Make it read as one line, as follows:
     usermod –d /export/home/wcalkins –m  -s  /bin/ksh –l  wcalkins  bcalkins

Chapter 6

Pg 231

Question 14, Change answer A to:
     If the file system was unmounted improperly

Pg 232
Question 21, Change answer A  to:
     device to mount, device to fsck,  mount point,  FS type, fsck pass, mount at boot, mount options.

Pg 234
Answer to question 21
Change the last word from “mount point” to “mount options”

Chapter 9

Pg 355
In the output from the ps –el command at the top of the page:
   Under the NI column, the value should be 16, not 12.

Pg 372
Answer to question 2.
Include A as a correct answer along with answer  D

Add this sentence to the description of the answer:
   The prstat command can also be used from the command line to monitor system.processes.

Chapter 11

Pg 418
In the Outline, “CPIO Examples” should be lowercase as follows:    cpio examples

Chapter 12

Pg 463
Under the title “true and false Programs”,
Currently reads : 
    True  &&  echo True     (first instance of True should be lower case)

Should read:
    true   &&  echo True

Currently reads: 
   False || echo False     (first instance of False should be lower case)

Should read:
    false || echo false

Pg 465
Table 12.7
The first test condition is  listed as –r <filename>  .     Take out the hyphen so it reads:    r  <filename>

Chapter 15

Pg 562
Change answer B to read:    /,  swap,  /export/home

Pg 563
Answer key for question number 7 should read:
   In the interactive software installation program, /,  swap,   and   /export/home  file systems
   are setup by default.

Chapter 16

Pg 576
Change the first para. that begins with:  
   Instance names can also …….

To read like this:
   Although instance names can be displayed using the commands dmesg, sysdef, and prtconf,
   the only command that shows the mapping of the instance name to the physical device name
   is the dmesg command, which displays the following information:

Pg 594
Answer  to question 8 is:    B - The system relies on information found in the /etc/path_to_inst file to find the root, usr, and swap devices.

Chapter 17

Pg 629
Last paragraph, first sentence:
     Change “5 minutes” to “10 minutes”

Pg 653
Answer to question 15 should be :   A,  C,  D
   The NFS daemons found only on the NFS server are:  nfsd,  mountd,  and nfslogd

Chapter 18

On the answer key on pg 699, the correct answer for question 13 should be B, not D.

Chapter 20

Pg 733
First para under table 20.1.
Should be “Chapter 5, Setting up User Accounts”    not Chapter 6.

Chapter 21

Pg 773
The sentence above the last set of bullets currently reads:
   The rules.ok file allows the following:

Should read:
   The rules file allows the following:

Pg 798
The title at the top of the page reads:
    sysidcfg FILE      (FILE is all caps)

Should read:  
   sysidcfg File

Pg 803
Change in the code at the top of the page which currently reads:
    name_server=NONE    

The code should read:
     name_service=NONE

 

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