On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Frank-Stefan Meyer <fmeyer at gmxpro.de> wrote: > In Belenix 0.7 I tried to switch from DHCP to static IP - without > success. I did all the steps (that are normal for Solaris) described in > the FAQ (No. 22), but all this had no effect. After reboot, it's DHCP again. > > Also the "svcadm disable network/inetmenu" command (see FAQ) does not > work, as inetmenu obviously doesn't exist on the system. > > The normal way in Solaris to activate DHCP for an interface is, to > create an empty file /etc/dhcp.<interface>, which in my case would be > /etc/dhcp.e1000g0. Of course, I didn't create it, so this file doesn't > exist in my /etc. My /etc/nodename, /etc/hosts, /etc/hostname.e1000g0, > /etc/defaultrouter, /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf are as they > should be for static IP. But the system ignores all: the interface > remains under DHCP control... > > So where is the setting to turn off the DHCP client? I didn't find a way > to prevent "dhcpadm" to start :(
The FAQ needs a bunch of changes. In 0.7 you have to disable NWAM: svcadm disable network/physical:nwam and enable default networking for static IP to work: svcadm enable network/physical:default It is NWAM that brings up DHCP. Inetmenu is no longer bundled. Regards, Moinak. > > Any idea? > > Thanks, > Frank > _______________________________________________ > belenix-discuss mailing list > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/belenix-discuss > http://groups.google.com/group/belenix-discuss >
