Anurag S. Maskey wrote: > The Legacy location contains the configuration of the system right > before NWAM was enabled. This location is just used to store that > configuration and restore it afterwards. NWAM won't switch to that location. > > The Automatic location configures DNS only. It is consistent with the > spec in Section 4.2.2 at [1]. Unlink the Automatic NCP, the Automatic > location is configurable by the user and the user can add the desired > nameservices configuration (from the Legacy location if desired). > Make sense, but I still feel that it's not convenient for SWAN users especially, though it's fine for most users .
Thanks Lizhong > Anurag > > > [1] http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/nwam/p1spec/repository/ > > Lizhong Li wrote: > >> Anurag, >> >> I have a question, the machine is on SWAN, and now the nis connection >> is OK for it and the svc:/network/physical:nwam service is not >> enabled, then I enable the svc:/network/physical:nwam service, the >> status looks like this now : >> >> firering:nwam# nwamadm list >> TYPE PROFILE STATE >> ncp Automatic online >> ncu datalink:bge2 online >> ncu ip:bge2 online >> ncu datalink:bge0 online >> ncu ip:bge0 online >> ncu datalink:bge1 online >> ncu ip:bge1 online >> ncu datalink:bge3 online >> ncu ip:bge3 online >> loc NoNet offline >> loc Legacy offline >> loc Automatic online >> >> firering:nwam# ypwhich >> ypwhich: can't communicate with ypbind >> >> The nis connection is lost now, it's not consistent with the original >> status of the networking, but I think users hope they are consistent, >> i.e., the nis is still OK. I know the Automatic location has the >> following properties: >> >> nwamcfg:loc:Automatic> list >> LOC:Automatic >> activation-mode system >> nameservices dns >> nameservices-config-file "/etc/nsswitch.dns" >> dns-nameservice-configsrc dhcp >> hosts-file "/etc/nwam/loc/Automatic/hosts" >> >> But I'm curious that why it's not 'nis' which is consistent with the >> original configurations. >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Lizhong >> >> -- Thanks, Lizhong
