[Sussex] Solaris Networking

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

Steve 'Dobbo' Dobson wrote:
> Desmond
>
> On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 08:43:31AM +0100, Desmond Armstrong wrote:
>   
>> I have Solaris 10 (x86) running well but I cannot see how to enable the 
>> internet, the ethernet (rtl) is recognized. Ideally I should be enabling 
>> DNS but how?
>>     
>
> ------------------- Danger, Will Robinson, Danger ----------------------
> I't been years since I played with a Solaris system so my memory may be
> off or things may have changed.
> ------------------- Danger, Will Robinson, Danger ----------------------
>
> IIRC the system gets it IP address by using the name it was given in
> /etc/hostname and looking for an entry in /etc/hosts.  I can't remember
> where the default gateway is configured, probably another file in /etc,
> so look at the networking scripts in /etc/init.d - it's probably in the
> same script that calls ifconfig.
>
> For DNS set up there are two files.  First is /etc/resov.conf which
> should be configured just like you would for a Linux box.  The other
> file is something like /etc/nisswitch.conf.  It controls the order where
> unknown hosts are looked up first (files, DNS or the NIS master).  You'll
> have to read the man pages to find out which setting to change and to
> what.
>   
The file you're referring to is /etc/nsswitch.conf. Graphical network 
tools also tend not to allow you to set all the possible legitimate 
configurations, and to reset them in undesired ways unexpectedly and 
without reporting the change.