Likewise 4.1 Release Notes


Solaris 8, 9, 10, and OpenSolaris
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On Solaris systems, there are several items to consider.

Patches:

For Solaris 8 Sparc systems, the system should be fully patched according to Sun's recommendations.  Likewise depends
on the latest patch for libuuid

The patch for libuuid is 115831 on Sparc systems (http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-115831-01-1)

The patch for libuuid is 115832-01 on Intel systems.

Disk space issues:

On Solaris 8 systems, default installations of the file system are not large enough to accomodate Likewise.  You will
need to either increase your partition sizes for /opt or use loop mounts to address the situation.  To use loop mounts,
do the following:

Create the directory /export/home/likewise
 
Create the directory /opt/centeris
 
Create a loop mount to /opt/centeris via the following command:
 
Mount –F lofs /export/home/likewise /opt/centeris
 
Run the installer from /tmp
 
Put this extra loop mount line in your /etc/vfstab for every time it boots.
 
#device         device          mount           FS      fsck    mount   mount
#to mount       to fsck         point           type    pass    at boot options
#
/export/home/likewise   -       /opt/centeris   lofs    -       yes     -

Solaris 9, 10, and OpenSolaris are compatible with Likewise without any patches.

Changing passwords:

The Solaris passwd change utility is limited to 8 characters by default.  Instead, you can use Likewise's passwd change
utility which by default is installed on /opt/centeris/bin/passwd.

If you want to change your password using the SOlaris passwd change utility, use the following syntax, even if you're
logged in as a domain user:

passwd -r files domain\\username

The above command sequence will allow a given domain user the option to change their own password but they will be
required to provide their domain and username again at the command line.

The installer suggests that instead of using Likewise's automated installer, the administrator can install all of the
extracted packages via the command:

pkgadd -a LikewiseOpen-4.1.0.2717-solaris-sparc-pkg/response -d LikewiseOpen-4.1.0.2717-solaris-sparc-pkg/packages/solaris/sparc/*.pkg all

There is a bug in Solaris that prevents this from executing correctly.  Instead, install the packages one at a time.



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