Trusted Solaris Operating System - Technical FAQs - Topics

 

Frequently Asked Questions Sorted by Topic

 

Applications

How do I install the FLEXlm license manager on the Trusted Solaris platform?

How can I install a web server?

Why do I see warnings about commands outside of the trusted path?

When we try to run Applixware, we get an error message that the application cannot find its font paths. Why?

Why can't my privileged program find the shared libraries? I get an error from ld.so.1: "fatal: application-name: open failed: No such file or directory. Killed." It appears that the application doesn't read the LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

I added privileges to a program using the Profile Manager, but the privileges are still not available. Why?

What are things to watch out for when installing an application with privilege?

How do I run Veritas Volume Manager on Trusted Solaris?

 

Auditing

How do I set up auditing of remote access from an unlabeled host?

 
 

CDE (Common Desktop Environment)/Window System

How do I restart the window manager, dtwm(1)?

Why does more than one selection confirmer display for the same cut and paste?

I was surprised when an application's window displayed without a label. Is the window unmanaged somehow?

Assigning non-standard shells to users

 

Developer Issues

Why can't my privileged program find the shared libraries? I get an error from ld.so.1: "fatal: application-name: open failed: No such file or directory. Killed." It appears that the application doesn't read the LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

 

Documentation

How do I get the Trusted Solaris Answerbook?

How do I get the Trusted Solaris printed manuals?

 

Evaluations

What is a Common Criteria evaluation? What is ITSEC?

 

Hardware

What hardware is supported by Trusted Solaris 8?

The Trusted Solaris CD does not have support for my graphics card, yet I have a CD for it. What do I do?

The Sun Ultra 5/10 Software Supplement CD includes patch ID 103792-14, but Solaris patches are not supposed to be installed in the Trusted Solaris environment. What should I do?

The following messages scroll continually on the console of my Ultra 5 (or 10): "NOTICE: m64: fifo error." Is there a fix?

How do I remove sensitive information from a disk?

 

Installation/Configuration

How do I migrate my systems from Trusted Solaris version 2.5.1 or 7 to the Trusted Solaris 8 Operating Environment?

How can I install a web server?

Where can I find a document that tells how to install Solaris on an Enterprise 10000 domain controlled by a Trusted Solaris SSP?

The Sun Ultra 5/10 Software Supplement CD includes patch ID 103792-14, but Solaris patches are not supposed to be installed in the Trusted Solaris environment. What should I do?

The following messages scroll continually on the console of my Ultra 5 (or 10): "NOTICE: m64: fifo error." Is there a fix?

Why can't I log in as root after installing Trusted Solaris?

How do I run Solstice Disk Suite with TSOL?

How do I run Veritas Volume Manager on Trusted Solaris?

 

Labels

How many compartments can Trusted Solaris handle?

How can I tell if a sensitivity label can be mapped to a CIPSO label?

I was surprised when an application's window displayed without a label. Is the window unmanaged somehow?

 

Network

After I update tnrhdb or tnrhtp, why aren't my changes effective immediately?

Can I run a firewall on Trusted Solaris?

I set my systems up to communicate, they're not; it looks as if the packets were being dropped.

My TSOL system is communicating with other hosts that it shouldn't.

 

Patches

How do I get Trusted Solaris patches? And how do I know which patches to install?

 

Previous Releases

When I try to install the standard Solaris 2.5 or 2.6 operating environment on a system previously installed with the Trusted Solaris operating environment, the system panics. Why?

When we try to run Applixware, we get an error message that the application cannot find its font paths. Why?

 

Security

What can I do about Sun Security Bulletin #00199?

 

Transitions Between Environments

How do I migrate my systems from Trusted Solaris version 2.5.1 or 7 to the Trusted Solaris 8 Operating Environment?

When I try to install the standard Solaris 2.5.x or 2.6 operating environment on a system previously installed with the Trusted Solaris operating environment, the system panics. Why?

Why do I see warnings in Trusted Solaris 7 (or 2.5.1) about commands outside of the trusted path?

How do I remove sensitive information from a disk?

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