Java Web Console on Sun Solaris

Have you ever noticed a java process running under noaccess user id on your Solaris 10 and later systems? It looks something similar to:

# prstat -u noaccess
   PID USERNAME  SIZE   RSS STATE  PRI NICE      TIME  CPU PROCESS/NLWP       
  7905 noaccess  110M   91M run     59    0   0:00:46 0.3% java/25

It is the Java Web Console whose responsibility is to provide a common location for users to access web-based system management applications. The Java Web Console is a web page where you can find the Sun system management web-based applications that are installed and registered on your system. Any compliant J2EE^TM web application can register with the web console to make itself available to authenticated and authorized users. Registration is automatically a part of an application's installation process.

The Java Web Console provides the following:

• A single point of entry for login and the launching of browser-based system management applications
  
  The console provides a central location from which you can start browser-based management applications simply by clicking the application names. Note that Java Web Console and the Solaris Management Console are not compatible with each other.
  
  
• Single sign-on through a secure https port
  
  
  
• Dynamically organized and aggregated applications
  
  Applications are installed and displayed on the console launch page under the category of management tasks that is most applicable.
  
• A common look and feel
  
  
• Standard, extensible authentication, authorization, and auditing mechanisms
  
  The Java Web Console supports Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM), role-based access control (RBAC) roles, and Basic Security Module (BSM) auditing.

Check the 3. Working With the Sun Java Web Console (Tasks) section in Solaris 10 System Administration Guide: Basic Administration for the detailed steps to work with Java Web Console.

If you do not need the web console, it can be disabled by running the following command:

# svcadm -v disable webconsole
svc:/system/webconsole:console disabled.

To remove the web console software completely, run the following command:

Solaris 10 3/05, Solaris 10 1/06, Solaris 10 6/06:
# cd / ; /usr/lib/webconsole/setup -u

Solaris 10 11/06 and later releases:
# cd / ; /usr/share/webconsole/bin/setup -u

* Thanks to Prameet Chhabra for sharing the Java Web Console tip.
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