How to mount and unmount an ISO image under Solaris

Mount an iso image

You can use lofiadm command to mount ISO image under Solaris.

e.g.;

# lofiadm -a /absolute/path/to/isoimage.iso

output:

/dev/lofi/1

Here, /dev/lofi/1 is a device, now you can use the mount command to mount the iso image.

# mount -o ro -F hsfs  /dev/lofi/1   /mnt 

Unmount and detach the image

Use umount command to unmount the image

# umount /mnt

Now remove/free block device

# lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/1

Error: Not on system console, root login rejected

Solution:

Edit /etc/default/login and comment out the following line.

# CONSOLE=/dev/console

Be very carefull with this for the security implications. That’s all.

Enable XDMCP on solaris 10

Solaris 10’s desktop environment is JDS which is based off of GNOME.

1. Log in as root
2. Open a terminal
3. Type gdmsetup (a dialog box will appear)
4. Click on the XDMCP tab
5. Check the Enable XDMCP box
6. Press Close