Xvnc on Oracle Solaris 11 Express 2010.11

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# vi /etc/gdm/custom.conf

[xdmcp]

Enable=true

# svcadm restart gdm

# svccfg -s x11-server setprop options/tcp_listen=true

# svcadm enable xvnc-inetd

To share the screen,

# inetadm -m xvnc-inetd wait=TRUE exec="/usr/X11/bin/Xvnc -inetd -query localhost -once passwordFile=/var/vnc/.vnc/passwd -alwaysshared"

# HOME=SOME_DIR vncpasswd
# chown SOME_USER SOME_DIR/.vnc/passwd

Adding an instance to svc:/network/http on Solaris 10 10/08, Part 1

There are two versions of httpd's in Solaris 10 packages: version 1.3 and version 2.0.

# svcs '*apache*'

STATE          STIME    FMRI
legacy_run     17:06:43 lrc:/etc/rc3_d/S50apache
disabled       17:01:55 svc:/network/http:apache2
# 

I have tried to add an version 2.2 instance to svc:/network/http.

At first, I got the service description for svc:/network/http with svccfg command. Of course you can look into the manifest /var/svc/manifest/network/http-apache2.xml.

# svccfg export svc:/network/http

<?xml version='1.0'?>

<!DOCTYPE service_bundle SYSTEM '/usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/service_bundle.dtd.1'>

<service_bundle type='manifest' name='export'>

  <service name='network/http' type='service' version='0'>

    <instance name='apache2' enabled='false'>

      <dependency name='network' grouping='require_all' restart_on='error' type='service'>

        <service_fmri value='svc:/milestone/network:default'/>

      </dependency>

      <dependency name='filesystem-local' grouping='require_all' restart_on='none' type='service'>

        <service_fmri value='svc:/system/filesystem/local:default'/>

      </dependency>

      <dependency name='autofs' grouping='optional_all' restart_on='error' type='service'>

        <service_fmri value='svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default'/>

      </dependency>

      <exec_method name='start' type='method' exec='/lib/svc/method/http-apache2 start' timeout_seconds='60'>

        <method_context/>

      </exec_method>

      <exec_method name='stop' type='method' exec='/lib/svc/method/http-apache2 stop' timeout_seconds='60'>

        <method_context/>

      </exec_method>

      <exec_method name='refresh' type='method' exec='/lib/svc/method/http-apache2 refresh' timeout_seconds='60'>

        <method_context/>

      </exec_method>

      <property_group name='httpd' type='application'>

        <stability value='Evolving'/>

        <propval name='ssl' type='boolean' value='false'/>

      </property_group>

      <property_group name='startd' type='framework'>

        <propval name='ignore_error' type='astring' value='core,signal'/>

      </property_group>

    </instance>

    <stability value='Evolving'/>

    <template>

      <common_name>

        <loctext xml:lang='C'>Apache 2 HTTP server</loctext>

      </common_name>

      <documentation>

        <manpage title='httpd' section='8' manpath='/usr/apache2/man'/>

        <doc_link name='apache.org' uri='http://httpd.apache.org'/>

      </documentation>

    </template>

  </service>

</service_bundle>

#

Referring to the apache2 instance of the output above, I made an apache22 instance like this.

# svccfg -s svc:/network/http add apache22

# svccfg -s http:apache22 addpg network dependency

# svccfg -s http:apache22 setprop network/grouping = astring: require_all

# svccfg -s http:apache22 setprop network/entities = fmri: svc:/milestone/network:default

# svccfg -s http:apache22 setprop network/restart_on = astring: error

# svccfg -s http:apache22 setprop network/type = astring: service

# 

At this point the result of the command 

# svccfg export svc:/network/http

should have lines below:

    <instance name='apache22' enabled='false'>

      <dependency name='network' grouping='require_all' restart_on='error' type='service'>

        <service_fmri value='svc:/milestone/network:default'/>

      </dependency>

    </instance>

It is hard to input tens of command lines. So I made a command file named command.txt:

# vi command.txt

addpg filesystem-local dependency

setprop filesystem-local/grouping = astring: require_all

setprop filesystem-local/restart_on = astring: none

setprop filesystem-local/type = astring: service

setprop filesystem-local/entities = fmri: svc:/system/filesystem/local:default

addpg autofs dependency

setprop autofs/grouping = astring: optional_all

setprop autofs/restart_on = astring: error

setprop autofs/type = astring: service

setprop autofs/entities = fmri: svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default

addpg start method

setprop start/type = astring: method

setprop start/exec = astring: "/lib/svc/method/http-apache22 start"

setprop start/timeout_seconds = count: 60

addpg stop method

setprop stop/type = astring: method

setprop stop/exec = astring: "/lib/svc/method/http-apache22 stop"

setprop stop/timeout_seconds = count: 60

addpg refresh method

setprop refresh/type = astring: method

setprop refresh/exec = astring: "/lib/svc/method/http-apache22 refresh"

setprop refresh/timeout_seconds = count: 60

addpg httpd application

addpropvalue httpd/stability astring: Evolving

addpropvalue httpd/ssl boolean: false

addpg startd framework

addpropvalue startd/ignore_error astring: core,signal

and executed.

# svccfg -s apache22 -f command.txt

Now the result of "svccfg export http" is

# svccfg export http

<?xml version='1.0'?>

<!DOCTYPE service_bundle SYSTEM '/usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/service_bundle.dtd.1'>

<service_bundle type='manifest' name='export'>

  <service name='network/http' type='service' version='0'>

    <instance name='apache2' enabled='false'>

      <dependency name='network' grouping='require_all' restart_on='error' type='service'>

        <service_fmri value='svc:/milestone/network:default'/>

      </dependency>

      <dependency name='filesystem-local' grouping='require_all' restart_on='none' type='service'>

        <service_fmri value='svc:/system/filesystem/local:default'/>

      </dependency>

      <dependency name='autofs' grouping='optional_all' restart_on='error' type='service'>

        <service_fmri value='svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default'/>

      </dependency>

      <exec_method name='start' type='method' exec='/lib/svc/method/http-apache2 start' timeout_seconds='60'>

        <method_context/>

      </exec_method>

      <exec_method name='stop' type='method' exec='/lib/svc/method/http-apache2 stop' timeout_seconds='60'>

        <method_context/>

      </exec_method>

      <exec_method name='refresh' type='method' exec='/lib/svc/method/http-apache2 refresh' timeout_seconds='60'>

        <method_context/>

      </exec_method>

      <property_group name='httpd' type='application'>

        <stability value='Evolving'/>

        <propval name='ssl' type='boolean' value='false'/>

      </property_group>

      <property_group name='startd' type='framework'>

        <propval name='ignore_error' type='astring' value='core,signal'/>

      </property_group>

    </instance>

    <instance name='apache22' enabled='false'>

      <dependency name='network' grouping='require_all' restart_on='error' type='service'>

        <service_fmri value='svc:/milestone/network:default'/>

      </dependency>

      <dependency name='filesystem-local' grouping='require_all' restart_on='none' type='service'>

        <service_fmri value='svc:/system/filesystem/local:default'/>

      </dependency>

      <dependency name='autofs' grouping='optional_all' restart_on='error' type='service'>

        <service_fmri value='svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default'/>

      </dependency>

      <exec_method name='start' type='method' exec='/lib/svc/method/http-apache22 start' timeout_seconds='60'>

        <method_context/>

      </exec_method>

      <exec_method name='stop' type='method' exec='/lib/svc/method/http-apache22 stop' timeout_seconds='60'>

        <method_context/>

      </exec_method>

      <exec_method name='refresh' type='method' exec='/lib/svc/method/http-apache22 refresh' timeout_seconds='60'>

        <method_context/>

      </exec_method>

      <property_group name='httpd' type='application'>

        <stability value='Evolving'/>

        <propval name='ssl' type='boolean' value='false'/>

      </property_group>

      <property_group name='startd' type='framework'>

        <propval name='ignore_error' type='astring' value='core,signal'/>

      </property_group>

    </instance>

    <stability value='Evolving'/>

    <template>

      <common_name>

        <loctext xml:lang='C'>Apache 2 HTTP server</loctext>

      </common_name>

      <documentation>

        <manpage title='httpd' section='8' manpath='/usr/apache2/man'/>

        <doc_link name='apache.org' uri='http://httpd.apache.org'/>

      </documentation>

    </template>

  </service>

</service_bundle>

#

Easy Setup: Xvnc on Solaris 10 10/08

I found that setting up Xvnc on Solaris 10 10/08 is very easy. This page is a good help although which is written for Solaris Express. 

1. Remove "-udpport 0" from the  dtlogin arguments if you disabled "network services".

 svccfg -s cde-login setprop 'dtlogin/args=""'

 svcadm restart cde-login

2. Append the following line to /etc/inet/services file.

 vnc-server 5900/tcp

3. Start Xvnc.

 svcadm enable xvnc-inetd

4. Now you can connect to the server.

 vncviewer server-name

A. If you want to share the screen, execute these lines.

 inetadm -m xvnc-inetd wait=TRUE exec="/usr/X11/bin/Xvnc -inetd -query localhost -once passwordFile=/var/vnc/.vnc/passwd -alwaysshared"

 mkdir /var/vnc

 HOME=/var/vnc vncpasswd

B. And if you use gdm2-login rather than cde-login, edit /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf. This version of Xvnc doesn't consult custom.conf file.

 [xdmcp]

 ...

 Enable=true