Useful monitoring command of Unix/Linux Vol.1

For Solaris Only:

check number of core: prtdiag -v 
create new user: useradd jsmith
get user information: finger jsmith
set password: passwd jsmith
set default home directory: usermod -d /path/to/new/homedir/ username
set default Shell: change permenently the SHELL at etc/passwd
check Solaris release: cat /etc/release
Check current shell: echo $SHELL
Check shell version: /bin/bash --version