[install-discuss] Re: [Recap] Non-root install for Solaris packages

[Margot H. Miller]

James, 

I appreciate the condensed version of highlights and the issues.
This has been a great discussion thread.

Under the section, "Why not use zones", it states that an
approach that works on multiple Solaris releases and other
operating systems is desirable.  If we were just talking
ONLY about Solaris 10, would zones solve the user install problem?  
 A zone is created for each user and they own the zone and
can do what they want- install, run applications, etc.

THe problem you quoted here wrt zones is that an IP address
is allocated for each zone.  I thought I read that this is no
longer the case with the recent Solaris builds?   

The other problem I hear wrt zones is that the O/S
administator is not the application administrator and
that there would have to be some communication
between the two to create a zone.

The arguments against zones are:

  -  possible need of IP address
  -  communication needed between administrators needed
  -  a Solaris only solution
  -  a Solaris 10 only solution

Is that the basic arguments?

Thanks
Margot
 
 
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