[geeks] Solaris 10 networking is giving me fits

[Michael Parson]

On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 05:12:26PM -0400, velociraptor wrote:
> On 9/18/06, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net>wrote:
>>> From: Sandwich Maker <adh at an.bradford.ma.us>
>>> Date: 2006/09/18 Mon AM 09:27:00 CDT
>>> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
>>> Subject: Re: [geeks] Solaris 10 networking is giving me fits
>>
>>> " From: Micah R Ledbetter <vlack-lists at vlack.com>
>>> "
>>> "     6. put router ip address in /etc/defaultrouter
>>>
>>> just fyi you can also put the router -name- in defaultrouter, if it's
>>> also listed in /etc/hosts.
>>
>> Sent note off-list to Micah directly, but why not just try "sys-unconfig" and establish network settings then?
>>
>> Forces a reboot, but it will clean out all existing settings...
>
> Because sys-unconfig has a much bigger impact than just the IP changes
> (name service, root password, removing various files)...I *never* use
> sys-unconfig.  Though I can see where it would have value as a nasty
> trick on someone trying to pass themselves off as an experienced
> Solaris SA.
>
> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/806-0625/6j9vfim1c?a=view

I'd never even heard of sys-unconfig till I was interviewing at one
shop.  They asked me how I'd move an existing Solaris box onto my
network, I ran through the files I'd edit and restart networking.  That
was the wrong answer, the right answer was to run sys-unconfig.  I thought
maybe I'd learned a new trick, so I made a mental note and moved on.

Then I read the manpage for it.  Ugh.

I didn't get the job, but based on the interview (there was a lot of
stuff like that, where there was only one right answer, and it was the
using a goofy Sun tool), I probably would not have been happy there.

-- 
Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org