Shutdown-Bug Workaround

If you have installed Opensolaris 2008.11 and your Machine wont shut down, you're may hitting the Bug 4887 at defect.opensolaris.org. There is a Description of a Workaround in the Comments to this Bug (see here).
After applying these Changes my Laptop shuts down properly.

NWAM and static IP-Adress

I wanted to give my Fileserver a static IP-Adress. While the GUI for NWAM was core-dumping when I tried to set up a static IP-Adress with it, I looked for other ways. The simpliest way is to change a Config-File of NWAM:

# svcadm disable nwam
# vi /etc/nwam/llp

change "bge0 dchp" to "bge0 static 192.168.1.1/24"

# svcadm enable nwam

And that's all.

Digging Deeper II: 2008.11 SysAdminGuide

If you want to learn more about the last Opensolaris-Release (2008.11), you can read the "System Administration Guide" or download it.

It provides Information for the general use of Opensolaris:

• Working from the Command Line (goto)
  
• Configuring Thunderbird Mail Account Settings (goto)
• Tips for the Opensolaris Release (goto)

And, of Course, Information for the Opensolaris-Killer-Features:

• Managing Services (SMF) (goto)
• Administering Automatic Network Connection (goto)
• Managing ZFS/NFS/CIFS File Systems (goto)