Sun Certified Solaris(tm) 9 System and Network Administrator All-in-One Exam Guide

In this chapter, you will

• Understand default shell variables set in .profile

• Learn to modify system-wide templates for .profile in /etc/skel/profile.local

• Review commonly used commands for use in .profile

• Cover basic shell scripting

• Add packages to the system

This chapter covers the customization of the initialization and booting process, including writing shell scripts and startup files.