--Hmm; I'm totally new to Solaris myself; so when I have to config a static IP, I just use a Bash script.
--I think a worthwhile primary goal for Nexenta is to be the frontline-leader in making Solaris +faster+ and easier to use. --Solaris itself (upstream) should be taking the best bits off our R&D, and vice versa. ;-) --By making top-shelf Ncurses interfaces that have full functionality to their GUI equivs, and having stuff like Webmin work with Nexenta, both communities will benefit -- resulting in more Nexenta/Solaris users. BEGIN /root/bin/ipconfig #!/bin/sh ifconfig ae1 10.0.101.3 netmask 255.0.0.0 up export "http_proxy=http://10.0.0.4:3128/" export "ftp_proxy=http://10.0.0.4:3128/" ' source ~/bin/ipconfig ' ' apt-get update ' # Will now go thru the proxy (currently a Squid Linux VM appliance running on my XP laptop, thus sharing the wireless Internet in my hotel room.) See: http://www.vmware.com/community/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=697698 On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 19:38 -0700, Tim Spriggs wrote: > That's an interesting "can of worms" because in Debian I am used to > editing /etc/network/interfaces in order to statically configure a set > of network interfaces. In Solaris, I have to manage several files > (/etc/hostname.* /etc/hostname6.* /etc/hosts ...) in order to do the > same things. To take either route is going to make Nexenta > non-conformant to Solaris or Debian. > . > . > . > 3) Ease of configuration is definitely a goal for Nexenta, what kind of > configuration tasks should the most amount of time be spent on? > ie: should tools be built to configure networking in ncurses or > should more time be spent on package configuration? > Personally, I configure the network using vi and the appropriate > /etc files and see no need of a change. Of course, I don't move my > servers around very often. > > Two more cents, > -Tim > > kingneutron wrote: > > --If focus is not going to be on GUI for a while, then it is essential to > start upgrading the core components (that have ncurses interface) to have the > same level of functionality as their GUI counterparts... Especially for > things like network and other sys-config stuff. > > > _______________________________________________ gnusol-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-devel
