Comments on: sys-unconfig: Reconfiguring network settings on a Solaris box

By: Kevinmcs

Kevinmcs — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:48:00 +0000

For exactly the reason you make so clear in your posts.
You don’t have to remember each of those (8) files or the syntax that is required to edit them OR how to use the damn VI editor. You can just run the command and after a quick reboot you enter the info and poof! Your done. It also has the benefit to clear any unknown problems someone else before you might have caused.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:54:00 +0000

don’t forget /etc/dumpadm.conf

By: Name

Name — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:18:00 +0000

I came here by accident. But why doing sys-unconfig only to reset the network
configuration? On Solaris up to 10 and Nevada you simply need to edit the files
/etc/defaultrouter, /etc/nsswitch.conf, /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hostname.
as well as setting up the correct hostname in /etc/inet/hosts and not to forget
/etc/nodename. But you do not loose the whole rest of the config as would be
when running sys-unconfig.
OpneSolaris runs similar, but remember /etc/dladm/* if running nwam.