Solaris System Configuration Files Reference

For details about the files and commands summarized here, consult the appropriate man pages.

• /etc/bootparams Contains information regarding network boot clients.
• /etc/cron.d/cron.allow
/etc/cron.d/cron.deny Allow access to crontab for users listed in this file. If the file does not exist, access is permitted for users not in the /etc/cron.d/cron.deny file.
• /etc/defaultdomain NIS domain set by /etc/init.d/inetinit
• /etc/default/cron Sets cron logging with the CRONLOG variable.
• /etc/default/login Controls root logins via specification of the CONSOLE variable, as well as variables for login logging thresholds and password requirements.
• /etc/default/su Determines logging activity for su attempts via the SULOG and SYSLOG variables, sets some initial environment variables for su sessions.
• /etc/dfs/dfstab Determines which directories will be NFS-shared at boot time. Each line is a share command.
• /etc/dfs/sharetab Contains a table of resources that have been shared via share.
• /etc/group Provides groupname translation information.
• /etc/hostname.interface Assigns a hostname to interface; assigns an IP address by cross- referencing /etc/inet/hosts.
• /etc/hosts.allow
/etc/hosts.deny Determine which hosts will be allowed access to TCP wrapper mediated services.
• /etc/hosts.equiv Determines which set of hosts will not need to provide passwords when using the "r" remote access commands (eg rlogin, rsh, rexec)
• /etc/inet/hosts
/etc/hosts Associates hostnames and IP addresses.
• /etc/inet/inetd.conf
/etc/inetd.conf Identifies the services that are started by inetd as well as the manner in which they are started. inetd.conf may even specify that TCP wrappers be used to protect a service.
• /etc/inittab inittab is used by init to determine scripts to for different run levels as well as a default run level.
• /etc/logindevperm Contains information to change permissions for devices upon console logins.
• /etc/magic Database of magic numbers that identify file types for file.
• /etc/mail/aliases
/etc/aliases Contains mail aliases recognized by sendmail.
• /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
/etc/sendmail.cf Mail configuration file for sendmail.
• /etc/minor_perm Specifies permissions for device files; used by drvconfig
• /etc/mnttab Contains information about currently mounted resources.
• /etc/name_to_major List of currently configured major device numbers; used by drvconfig.
• /etc/netconfig Network configuration database read during network initialization.
• /etc/netgroup Defines groups of hosts and/or users.
• /etc/netmasks Determines default netmask settings.
• /etc/nsswitch.conf Determines order in which different information sources are accessed when performing lookups.
• /etc/path_to_inst Contents of physical device tree using physical device names and instance numbers.
• /etc/protocols Known protocols.
• /etc/remote Attributes for tip sessions.
• /etc/rmtab Currently mounted filesystems.
• /etc/rpc Available RPC programs.
• /etc/services Well-known networking services and associated port numbers.
• /etc/syslog.conf Configures syslogd logging.
• /etc/system Can be used to force kernel module loading or set kernel tuneable parameters.
• /etc/vfstab Information for mounting local and remote filesystems.
• /var/adm/messages Main log file used by syslogd.
• /var/adm/sulog Default log for recording use of su command.
• /var/adm/utmpx User and accounting information.
• /var/adm/wtmpx User login and accounting information.
• /var/local/etc/ftpaccess
/var/local/etc/ftpconversions
/var/local/etc/ftpusers wu-ftpd configuration files to set ftp access rights, conversion/compression types, and a list of userids to exclude from ftp operations.
• /var/lp/log Print services activity log.
• /var/sadm/install/contents Database of installed software packages.
• /var/saf/_log Logs activity of SAF (Service Access Facility).