Looks like that worked, thanks. I had "opensolaris" in the file due to a couple howtos I briefly looked at online that indicate your hostname should be in /etc/hostname.int
Example: http://blogs.sun.com/clayb/entry/sun_isms_for_opensolaris_2008 However, I realize these are not definitive sources for information, hence the problem. On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 7:30 AM, James Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > Patrick O'Sullivan wrote: >> e1000g0: flags=2000840<RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 2 >> inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe90:fff2/10 > > The interface is marked "down." There might be something in the logs > about that, particularly /var/svc/log/network-physical:default.log > (since it seems you're using the non-nwam mechanism). > >> $ cat /etc/hostname6.e1000g0 >> opensolaris > > What is "opensolaris?" > >> Manually configuring: >> >> $ pfexec ifconfig e1000g0 inet6 plumb >> $ pfexec ifconfig e1000g0 inet6 up > > You didn't force the address to be "opensolaris" when manually > configuring. Why are you forcing it when configuring at boot time? > > In other words, this should be sufficient to do the right thing: > > rm -f /etc/hostname6.e1000g0 > touch /etc/hostname6.e1000g0 > > If you put text into that file, the text needs to be usable as > ifconfig(1M) keywords. > > -- > James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
