Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
The following is a list of information that can be defined in the
sysidcfg
file:
Name service (NIS, NIS+, DNS, or none) along with the hostname and
IP address of the server
➤
Domain name
➤
Network interface (Specify DHCP or specify IP address and netmask
instead. Also specify if IPv6 will be used)
➤
Root password
➤
System locale
➤
Te rminal (keyboard, mouse, monitor and graphics card type)
➤
Timezone (timezone and timeserver)
➤
Using NIS
For the name service method, entries for each system are added to the
Network
Information Service
(
NIS
) or the
Network Information Service Plus
(
NIS
+) database.
The following system definition information can be defined in the
NIS/NIS+ file:
Name service (implied)
➤
Hostname and IP address
➤
System locale
➤
Timezone (timezone and timeserver)
➤
A lot more information can be defined in the
sysidcfg
file that cannot be defined in a
name service, including the domain name, most of the network interface parameters
(netmask, DCHP usage, and IPv6 usage), the root password, and terminal informa-
tion (monitor, keyboard, mouse, and so on).
The system locale (specific language and region) is stored in the
/etc/locale
file and can be specified for the system name or the domain name. For NIS,
a
locale.byname
map can be built by modifying and executing the NIS
makefile. The
/etc/locale
file is used as a source of information for the
local.byname
map. For NIS+, the
nistbladm(1M)
command is used to build
the locale table and add entries.
Software Configurations
The Solaris 9 system software is distributed in several configurations. These
configurations are discussed in the following sections.
