Solaris
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Welcome to my Solaris notes
Components of Sun OS
Three components of Sun OS
- Kernel - the core of Sun OS and manages all physical resources of the computer
- Shell - a command interpreter and interfaces between user and kernel
- Directory Hierarchy
Default shells
Sun OS default primary shells:
- Bourne shell - original unix system shell and default for root user. regular user prompt is $ and root is #
- C shell - command line history, aliasing, and job control. default regular user is hostname% and root is hostname#
- Korn Shell - superset of Bourne shell plus C shell like features and enhancements. command line history, aliasing, job control, and command line editing default regular prompt is $ and root is #
Sun OS contains three alternative shells:
- Bash shell - GNU project Bourne Again SHell is bourne compatible shell that contains handy features from Korn and C shell.
- Z shell - resembles Korn shell plus enhancements
- TC shell - C compatible shell plus enhancements