AutoFS theoretical concepts

AutoFs

Introduction

The AutoFS facility provide a method to mount remote directory automatically whithout needing to use mount or umount command, when a user or application access an NFS (shared) file system, the mount is established, when the file system is no longer needed or has not been accessed for  certain time period, the file system is automatically unmounted.

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Solaris Logs (Events)

Solaris System Logs

system logs are files contain events that are recorded by the operating system, system logs contain information about errors, warnning, device changes, events, hardware errors and more.

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Solaris Packet sniffer

Solaris Packet sniffer

Accroding to Network Dictionary sniffing tool is a program  that monitors data traveling over a network, and it can be used both for stealing network information or for monitoring and maintenance network.

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UNIX VI editor

The vi editor is a command-line editor that has three basic modes of operation:

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