1. What is the command to start services on solaris.
(Like on RH we have "service" command to start services.)

2. In which directory the service scripts exists on solaris (on RH its in a directory /etc/rc.d/init.d/).

"service" is unique to Linux.

The files are in /etc/init.d on Solaris, /sbin/init.d/ on HP-UX.

So in Solaris instead of "service nfs.client start" you can just type "/etc/init.d/nfs.client" start. (Which by the way you can do on most the Linux distros that use /etc/init.d or a link named that for the service files like RHEL, FC6 and Debian.)

older solaris have the service scripts located at /etc/init.d/, and on solaris 10 you can use "svcs -a" to see all your services, and do "svcadm enable/disable ftp" to enable disable the particular service

Solaris 10 and Express support both the legacy System V way or starting and stopping services and the new one described by Necronomicom.

Here's a useful FAQ: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/smf/faq/

"legacy" - that would imply it's at least 10 years old - oh wait...

My age is showing again.

If you have installed the GUI you can also use or a command like that.

Be kind -- Legacy is yesterday's kernel compile!

For Solaris --- Legacy is any build that is not Solaris 10 ---

OK my age is showing -- I worked on UNIX System III and Sun OS

I still have Solaris 5.5, Solaris 5.6, <one Solaris 5.7> and a bunch of Solaris 5.8 servers running --- Solaris 9 (only if the application requires it)

Solaris 10 was a "Major" advance in the way Solaris operates --- Yes it has "services" --- it has a registry --- and it uses a "bunch" of XML files to define most of this --- The reason for the move to services was a faster boot --- the legacy Solaris loaded each run level entry serially... started the init script and waited until it finished before moving on -- The Solaris 10 starts the services in parallel and only serially if a service depend on another for operation...

You "can" configure the /etc/inet/inetd.conf (I think that is the "Legacy File")(well if I don't have the name 'just' right, someone will tell me!)
Anyway -- this is a "one time" deal SET your inetd.conf file up just the way you want it --- follow the instructions at the top of the file and it will "enable/disable" your old item under the services structure ---

To see what "services" are running --this will list them all <see the man page for options)

# svcs

To enable or start a service --

# svcadm enable ssh (for example)

You can enter the entire service tree, but is it seldom necessary ---

# svccfg --- this is the command for configuring a service --- I have only needed to use this command once in the three years I have been working with Solaris 10...

Yes we still have the /etc/services file

The Sun Doc or Big Admin web site has more info then I could ever get into --- I have to keep a "cheat sheet" close just make it easy ---

I run openSUSE also, but I go through YaST2 if I need to configure the process (i.e. ntp ) Regardless -- I have found i still need files in the rc.d startup directories --- The services just makes it so much easier to set it once and forget -- (unless the service goes into a maintenance state -- that's another topic)



Have fun

Never look back --

Dale

Legacy is the "official" term used in Solaris documentation, files and commands to distinguish the previous System V rc startup commands from the new model (smc). AFAIK, it is not used elsewhere.