On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 8:12 PM Nelson H. F. Beebe <be...@math.utah.edu> wrote:
> I reported yesterday on the 15-character limit I saw that and meant to comment on it, but was busy. This sounds to me like a holdover from Solaris' mission to be a drop-in solution for Active Directory/Windows domains. Windows hostnames are limited to 15 characters. in the text installer's > domain name question, and easily fixed affected files in the /etc > tree. > > I noticed another difference today. The GUI installer asks nothing > about networking, and just assumes DHCP, whereas the text installer > asks whether dynamic or static IP addressing is desired. > > At our site, we always assign static addresses, so we have two-way > communication with all machines, and can record $HOME/.ssh/config > entries with known addresses, even if there are one or more ProxyJump > steps needed to reach one machine from another. We have several > isolated private networks that otherwise are invisible to one another, > except through strictly regulated gateway machines. > > Once the OpenIndiana GUI installer completed, I logged in, run the > network configuration tool from the top toolbar icon, and switched to > static addressing. When the tool exited, the IP address was instantly > correct. By contrast, on most Linux systems, in my experience, a > reboot is normally required after a similar change. > > Still, it would be nice if an optional network configuration step > could be added to the OpenIndiana GUI installer ISO image. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 > - > - University of Utah FAX: +1 801 581 4148 > - > - Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB Internet e-mail: > be...@math.utah.edu - > - 155 S 1400 E RM 233 be...@acm.org > be...@computer.org - > - Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA URL: > http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/ - > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 > - > - University of Utah FAX: +1 801 581 4148 > - > - Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB Internet e-mail: > be...@math.utah.edu - > - 155 S 1400 E RM 233 be...@acm.org > be...@computer.org - > - Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA URL: > http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/ - > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss