[indiana-discuss] set up NIS

[Haik Aftandilian]

Mary,

mary ding wrote:
> Dan and other:
> 
> I filed bug 4645 when I use sys-unconfig.
> 
> I had to do this to use DNS on my seperate subnet  and before I run 
> sys-unconfig, I had to disable nwam and switch to network physical so 
> that sysconfig will work correctly.
> 
> # svcadm disable nwam
> # svcadm enable network/physical:default
> #
> 
>  Need to run sys-unconfig and then assign static IP:
> 
> Also need to disable graphical boot by doing the following, have to edit 
> the grub menu to do this:
> 
> The workaround is to remove the the following line:
> splashimage /boot/solaris.xpm  - need to use d
> foreground d25f00  - need to use d
> background 115d93" lines  - need to use d
> and ",console=graphics" in kernel$ line from the GRUB menu - need to use e
> 
> Then you can answer questions from sysidcfg as usual and it works for me 
> with DNS.

So has another bug been filed on how sys-unconfig does not setup nwam 
correctly for a static IP?

In my case, I didn't disable nwam. I had already setup nwam to use my 
static IP by editing /etc/nwam/llp. After running sys-unconfig and 
rebooting, nwam continued to work.

Haik

> 
> Haik Aftandilian wrote:
>>> Milan Jurik wrote:
>>>> Hi Dan,
>>>>
>>>> Dan Mick píše v Út 11. 11. 2008 v 20:31 -0800:
>>>>  
>>>>> Is there a correct way to set up NIS with
>>> OpenSolaris 2008.11?
>>>>>     
>>>> what should be different against Solaris? 
>>> In Solaris, I select it when I install.  I thought
>>> there might be an actual convenience feature somewhere I was missing.
>>
>> I used the sys-unconfig command, but beware: there is a bug that 
>> requires you to disable graphical boot in order to complete the 
>> configuration when the system reboots. You have to run sys-unconfig 
>> and then when the system reboots, modify the grub entry so that it 
>> boots without graphical mode. This allows you to configure networking 
>> and NIS by answering a few questions.
>>
>> The graphical boot issue is a known problem and is currently marked as 
>> a P1 bug, slated to be fixed (in some way) in 2008.11.
>>
>> The steps to disable graphic boot are listed on the bug report.
>>
>>   http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=4645
>>
>> Haik
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