[sysadmin-discuss trimmed from Cc: list.]

Kacheong> So an admin decides to use the CLI to rename a name.  Will there be
Kacheong> some form of notification?  If not, NWAM will not know about this
Kacheong> name change and funny thing can happen in the mean time.

Cathy> So far we don't plan to have any notification mechanism - network
Cathy> vanity naming component will only update link configuration (th dladm
Cathy> configuration) accordingly based on the rename operation, and we think
Cathy> a broader framework is needed to address configuration changes at all
Cathy> other levels of the networking stack.

Peter> Somewhat ironically, it seems like NWAM could be that "broader
Peter> framework" -- but that's up to them :-)

So if we build it, will you come?

I.e., if NWAM provides such a framework, will the Clearview Vanity Names
project team work with us to take advantage of it?

-- John

http://blogs.sun.com/jbeck
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