SUMMARY: sys-unconfig in Sol8

Big Cheers go out to Rachel Polanskis for pointing out the solutuion.
Apparently if a system is jumpstarted, it will find it's IP address
via the /etc/ethers file. Removing this file will allow sys-unconfig
to change the IP address.

Regards,
Greg


> > Hello all,
> >
> > I've just had an odd experience with sys-unconfig in Solaris 8. Does
> > anyone know why, with sys-config, I can't change the hostname! I've seen
> > this in a U10, U5 and SS20 (Sol 8 hw 10/00). I can reset everything, but
> > for some reason it will never reset the hostname, in fact I'm not even
> > asked to change it (or the IPv4 address either). I can change it
> > manually, but I'd like to know, is this a bug or feature? Anyone else
> > seen this? The man page claims it should still change the hostname as
> > well...
> >
> >
> 
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Greg Ulyatt
REDNET Ltd.
UNIX Systems Administrator
High Wycombe, Bucks, UK