openssl invocation for self signed certs.


openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt


Something I can never seem to remember

Solaris Express samba vs sharesmb

I've found that Solaris Express CE has been particularly crap at keeping my ZFS bucket shared out via smb. using


zfs set sharesmb=on bucket/Media


worked for a while, but every now and again I wouldn't be able to mount it from any machines on the network, and logging in to the solaris box and doing


sharemgr list


would hang, as would any zfs set things, a reboot would fix that for a while.

So I got sick of that and decided to use SAMBA instead. The tricks with this were to create the config file at


/etc/sfw/samba/smb.conf

stop the zfs sharing:


zfs set sharesmb=off bucket/Media
svcadm disable smb/server


add a password for the relevant user:


smbpasswd -a strageattractor
blah blah


and finally, start the samba server:


svcadm enable samba


Done, and it's been up like this for months now without trouble!