> Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:39:32 -0600 > From: Mike Gerdts <mgerdts at gmail.com> > .... > > [1] Consider the hypothetical case of a SPARC 20 running Solaris > 2.5.1. It is the license server for an application where the vendor > is no longer in business. How do I get onto supported hardware and OS > without breaking my app? (I know how to do it, but it should be a > procedure that is available on Sunsolve or docs.sun.com, not just web > sites that are blocked by the corporate proxy because they distribute > "hacking" tools.) > > > - Currently there is one hostid per box. Should we allow different hostids > > for every Solaris zone on the same box? > > Ideally this would be as simple as "set hostid=...". If not set it > should use the hostid of the global zone.
In some of the conversations we have had about this, there was much controversy about allowing something as simple as "set hostid=..." done by a privileged user- that it would anger alot of application houses that use hostid in their licensing schemes. The argument was that we would be making it much easier for others to circumvent an application license. Do you think there would be an uproar if the hostid was settable via some command line option? Thanks for the comments, Margot > > -- > Mike Gerdts > http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/
