James Carlson wrote: > Gerard Nualla writes: >> How do i setup opensolaris to obtain an ip address automatically? I am >> getting my ip address from a dhcp server. > > The easiest way is to do a Solaris Express Developer Edition install. > It does that automatically by default. > > The next easiest way is to specify that you want to use DHCP when > asked during a regular install. > > The next possible way is to use "sys-unconfig" to return the system > back to the just-installed state, and answer the questions it asks on > reboot. > > Finally, for the hard way, you can do something like this: > > # echo > /etc/hostname.XXX > # touch /etc/dhcp.XXX > > ... replacing "XXX" with the name of the Ethernet interface of > interest. If the problem is that you don't know the name of the > Ethernet interface, then try doing "ifconfig -a plumb ; ifconfig -a".
Of if you have build 62 or later, won't this work? % svcadm disable svc:/network/physical:default % svcadm enable svc:/network/physical:nwam The nwamd(1M) man page explains how to check if you have the nwamd daemon. It's online too: http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nwam/phase0/nwamd_1m/ Haik _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
