OpenSolaris 2009.06

[Schadenfroh]

Release Notes

I am going to need to get familiar with it for a job later this year.

Does it require any firewall / iptables configuration or is it secure for a workstation out of the box? If the former, any good guides?

Also, does sudo work the same way that it does in Ubuntu or will it need to be manually configured? If it is the latter, any good guides?

 

[n0cmonkey]

I think it includes IPF by Darren Reed. Definitely learn to use it. It's not as brain meltingly horrid as iptables, so it shouldn't take long.

You'll probably have to manually configure it (Solaris has a root account which isn't disabled). sudo(8) should provide everything you need to know. Look in the sudoers file near the end for an easy example to make it more Ubuntu-like (/%wheel if you need help).

 

[Nothinman]

As long as nothing is listening by default, and I can't imagine anything but ssh would be, you shouldn't need to worry about a firewall.

 

[wolfman11]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Release Notes
Also, does sudo work the same way that it does in Ubuntu or will it need to be manually configured? If it is the latter, any good guides?

You may find this an interesting read: http://developers.sun.com/deve...pensolaris/pfexec.html.

Steve

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
As long as nothing is listening by default, and I can't imagine anything but ssh would be, you shouldn't need to worry about a firewall.

Thanks for clearing up that concern, no firewall, no antivirus

 

[Schadenfroh]

Another oddity, there does not seem to be any updates. Is it so new that there are no updates yet or does one have to subscribe for support to receive updates? Using the default repository (can install new packages, so I know it is at least partially setup properly)