James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mike Gerdts writes: >> The "primary IP address" question doesn't really have the right >> answer. hostname(1) does not return an IP address and as best as I >> can tell, there is no such notion of a primary IP address. > > Right; it just reports the system nodename, which can be set to > anything that the system administrator thinks is convenient. > > Solaris systems don't have such a thing as a "Primary IP address." > There is such a concept as a "primary interface name," but it's > meaningful only with respect to the current DHCP client > implementation: the "primary interface" is the one for which > /sbin/dhcpinfo will return results if you don't specify a particular > interface with "-i".
Out of interest, what about the "primary" keyword in sysidcfg(4)? What exactly does it do? Boyd _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
