This is very helpful. Thank you very much. I think my fatal flaw was my incorrect leap of faith that hostname6 could be treated equal to hostname in this case.
Your explanation of the behavior and expected inputs clears this up. Thanks again. On Jul 7, 2010, at 8:57, James Carlson <carls...@workingcode.com> wrote: > Patrick O'Sullivan wrote: >> Looks like that worked, thanks. I had "opensolaris" in the file due to >> a couple howtos I briefly looked at online that indicate your hostname >> should be in /etc/hostname.int >> >> Example: http://blogs.sun.com/clayb/entry/sun_isms_for_opensolaris_2008 >> >> However, I realize these are not definitive sources for information, >> hence the problem. > > I didn't see any /etc/hostname6.* in that posting, only /etc/hostname.*. > > The _real_ answer here is that /etc/hostname.* and /etc/hostname6.* > files both need to contain things that will be usable as ifconfig(1M) > command line options. > > One possible way to use it is to set up /etc/nsswitch.conf and > /etc/hosts so that your host name (or some variation on it) resolves to > a single IP address that you'd like to use, and then insert that name in > /etc/hostname.$IF. > > It's almost like doing this at boot time: > > args=$(cat /etc/hostname.$IF) > ifconfig $IF $args netmask + broadcast + up > > I say "almost," because the truth is that if an /etc/hostname.* file has > two or more lines (intentionally or accidentally), then the automatic > "netmask + broadcast + up" is left off, because it's "assumed" that you > know what you're doing. (The usual failure mode here is accidentally > leaving an interface down.) So, it's a little more like: > > if [[ $(wc -l < /etc/hostname.$IF) -le 1 ]]; then > args=$(cat /etc/hostname.$IF) > ifconfig $IF $args netmask + broadcast + up > else > while args; do > ifconfig $IF $args > done < /etc/hostname.$IF > fi > > And that's basically all for IPv4. With IPv6, things are vastly > simpler. Unless you're into deep interface configuration hacking, the > /etc/hostname6.* files are typically just empty. The autoconf bits do > the rest. > > When you say "yes" to IPv6 configuration at installation time on an > older Solaris system, all it does is "touch" the /etc/hostname6.* file > into existence. > > -- > James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <carls...@workingcode.com> _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list networking-discuss@opensolaris.org
