Solaris System Configuration Files

For details about the files and commands summarized here, consult the appropriate man pages or Solaris Documentation

File	Description
/etc/bootparams	Contains information regarding network boot clients.
/etc/cron.d/cron.allow /etc/cron.d/cron.deny	Allow access to crontab for users listed in this file. If the file does not exist, access is permitted for users not in the /etc/cron.d/cron.deny file.
/etc/defaultdomain	NIS domain set by /etc/init.d/inetinit
/etc/default/cron	Sets cron logging with the CRONLOG variable.
/etc/default/login	Controls root logins via specification of the CONSOLE variable, as well as variables for login logging thresholds and password requirements.
/etc/default/su	Determines logging activity for su attempts via the SULOG and SYSLOG variables, sets some initial environment variables for su sessions.
/etc/dfs/dfstab	Determines which directories will be NFS-shared at boot time. Each line is a share command.
/etc/dfs/sharetab	Contains a table of resources that have been shared via share.
/etc/group	Provides groupname translation information.
/etc/hostname.interface	Assigns a hostname to interface; assigns an IP address by cross- referencing /etc/inet/hosts.
/etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts.deny	Determine which hosts will be allowed access to TCP wrapper mediated services.
/etc/hosts.equiv	Determines which set of hosts will not need to provide passwords when using the "r" remote access commands (eg rlogin, rsh, rexec)
/etc/inet/hosts /etc/hosts	Associates hostnames and IP addresses.
/etc/inet/inetd.conf /etc/inetd.conf	Identifies the services that are started by inetd as well as the manner in which they are started. inetd.conf may even specify that TCP wrappers be used to protect a service.
/etc/inittab	inittab is used by init to determine scripts to for different run levels as well as a default run level.
/etc/logindevperm	Contains information to change permissions for devices upon console logins.
/etc/magic	Database of magic numbers that identify file types for file.
/etc/mail/aliases /etc/aliases	Contains mail aliases recognized by sendmail.
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf /etc/sendmail.cf	Mail configuration file for sendmail.
/etc/minor_perm	Specifies permissions for device files; used by drvconfig
/etc/mnttab	Contains information about currently mounted resources.
/etc/name_to_major	List of currently configured major device numbers; used by drvconfig.
/etc/netconfig	Network configuration database read during network initialization.
/etc/netgroup	Defines groups of hosts and/or users.
/etc/netmasks	Determines default netmask settings.
/etc/nsswitch.conf	Determines order in which different information sources are accessed when performing lookups.
/etc/path_to_inst	Contents of physical device tree using physical device names and instance numbers.
/etc/protocols	Known protocols.
/etc/remote	Attributes for tip sessions.
/etc/rmtab	Currently mounted filesystems.
/etc/rpc	Available RPC programs.
/etc/services	Well-known networking services and associated port numbers.
/etc/syslog.conf	Configures syslogd logging.
/etc/system	Can be used to force kernel module loading or set kernel tuneable parameters.
/etc/vfstab	Information for mounting local and remote filesystems.
/var/adm/messages	Main log file used by syslogd.
/var/adm/sulog	Default log for recording use of su command.
/var/adm/utmpx	User and accounting information.
/var/adm/wtmpx	User login and accounting information.
/var/local/etc/ftpaccess /var/local/etc/ftpconversions /var/local/etc/ftpusers	wu-ftpd configuration files to set ftp access rights, conversion/compression types, and a list of userids to exclude from ftp operations.
/var/lp/log	Print services activity log.
/var/sadm/install/contents	Database of installed software packages.
/var/saf/_log	Logs activity of SAF (Service Access Facility).