Friday, July 29, 2005

Solaris: Where is the SunScreen?

Sun's gift for every Solaris 9™ user is a firewall called SunScreen. The problem is that most users don't know where to look for it. Let me reveal this secret:
You are supposed to install a package hidden in a directory on CD 2 of the distribution, it is in
Solaris_9/ExtraValue/CoBundled/SunScreen_3.2/
Easy to remember, isn't it?
Just change into the directory and issue the following command:
./install -nodisplay
You will thank me for the nodisplay option, if you should forget it on a machine like mine (SS20), the install will take ages, believe me.

BTW: On a machine with a, more or less, standard install, you will need to install the following packages as well.
SUNWapchu
SUNWapchr
SUNWsprot
The SunScreen installer will nag you for them, if they should not be present (they are on the second CD as well, by the way).
I'll leave the configuration for another entry, the product is well documented, though.