Mike thanks for the quick response. It seems that it may be sufficient to add a read-only mount to each zone as you recommended. I'll give that a try. However, now I am curious to know why I dont get a value (true or false) when I run " #pkgparam SOMEpackage". When I installed SOMEpackage in the Global i did NOT use the -G option. Based on what i read and your explanation below not having the -G option will automatically install SOMEpackage on all the non-global zones. Are you saying that the developer of SOMEpackage can opt out of entering "true" or "false" for SUNW_PKG_THISZONE? In which case that means that the default may be "true" (even though its not explicit) and thats why SOMEpackage is not propagating to the non-global zones? I apreciate the help and explanations Mike. p. > Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:33:49 -0500 > Subject: Re: installing packages in global zone > From: mger...@gmail.com > To: super_...@hotmail.com > CC: zones-discuss@opensolaris.org > > This is probably better suited for zones-discuss than > security-discuss. I've set the reply accordingly. > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Pete Chan <super_...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > hello, > > > > i am trying to figure out how to install a package in a global zone under > > /opt and be able to access the binaries of the package from a non-global > > zone. > > in other words the users of these package do not have access to the global > > zone and only have access to the non-global. How do I propagate this > > installation to the non-global zone? > > The answer varies depending on whether you are running Solaris 10 or > OpenSolaris. I'll assume you are running Solaris 10 in my answer. > > When you run a command like > > pkgadd -d . SOMEpackage > > in the global zone, the default behavior is that the package will > automatically be installed in all non-global zones as well. This > behavior can be changed via the -G option to pkgadd, which will cause > it to install only in the global zone. If the developer that created > SOMEpackage put SUNW_PKG_THIS_ZONE=true in the pkginfo file > (SOMEpackage/pkginfo), then it will not automatically be installed in > all of the non-global zones. In such a case, you will need to install > the package in each zone individually. It may be sufficient to add a > read-only lofs mount to each zone instead of installing it in all > zones. That is, > > zonecfg -z zone1 > add fs > set special=/opt/SOMEpackage > set dir=/opt/SOMEpackage > set options=ro > end > verify > commit > exit > > Then reboot the zone or issue the appropriate mkdir and mount -F lofs > -o ro ... commands to create the lofs mounts without rebooting. > > If you are on OpenSolaris (with the pkg command, not ancient SXCE > which will act like Solaris 10) you will need to install the software > in all zones that require it. The new way of doing things breaks the > strong ties between software selection in the global zone and all > non-global zones. > > -- > Mike Gerdts > http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/
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