--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.
>  >   
>  





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