Adding aliases, Allowing root login, changing PS1 value, Changing hostname on the fly - On X86

To add aliases in Solaris 10:

1. touch the .profile file in the home dir.

# touch .profile

-bash-3.2# more .profile

alias ll='ls -l'

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Enable ssh root login in Solaris 10

1. Change the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config with PermitRootLogin yes to replace PermitRootLogin no

2. restart the services

-bash-3.2# svcs -a | grep ssh

online 14:20:00 svc:/network/ssh:default

-bash-3.2# svcadm restart svc:/network/ssh:default

#svcadm restart svc:/network/ssh:default

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Changing the PS1 value in Solaris 10:

The PS1 value need to be added to the .bash_profile file.

PS1="\u@\h: \W $ "

to make the change to take immediate effect

# source .bash_profile

root@rajsolaris: / $

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Changing hostname on the fly:

1. /etc/hosts

2. cd /var/crash

# mv unknown

3. /etc/hostname.e1000g0 - Edit this file in the vi editor & add the desired hostname.

do ^ D

login again.

root@rajsolaris: / $

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