[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I suspect that Prakash is suggesting that there is a perception > that 'ndd -set /dev/ip ip_debug 10' is somehow safer than > "echo 'ip_debug/W 0xa'|mdb -kw". It is clearly safer to use ndd than "mdb -kw" in general. The ndd command gives you a limited set of variables to change with type checking and sanity checking. The mdb form allows you to write to any variable, with no sanity checking of the range and type. Getting the case wrong in the command could be a disaster. And I think that there is a presumption that the set variables provided by ndd are at least safe to change on a running system. -- blu There are two rules in life: Rule 1- Don't tell people everything you know ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at-ess-you-enn-dot-kom _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
