Folks the moment Renee walked into my office everything started working. I have not been able to reproduce the problems I was having. I will report back if I run into any issues.
Rao. Rao Shoaib wrote: > I just installed nwam1-build-RC1 on my Toshiba laptop running latest > open solaris development build. I have not installed the GUI yet. > Here are come comments. > > *) The bfu went fine and the system rebooted fine > > *) The e1000g interface was plumbed correctly > > *) nameservice that was working previously had stopped working. So I > decided to go back to the default. After issuing svcadm to switch back > I thought everything would go back to the old way but it turns out > there was no plumbed interface in the system. Moreover > /etc/hostname.<interface> and /etc/dhcp* files did not exist. So now > even If I reboot I can not get back to my original configuration > > *) I wanted to reboot and see what happens, but reboot failed as I did > not have the right privileges. So it turns out that I was able to > change network configuration of a system without any special > privileges. Is that a design decision ?. I believe MAC only allows > authorized users to change configuration and asks for passwd even if > the user is logged in with a uid with privileges. I think it is a pain > to keep providing the passwd but I can also see the security aspect. > > *) So I rebooted the system. The system obviously came up without any > networking. I tried to enable nwam without disabling > network/physical:default and the framework correctly put it in > maintenance mode. disabling network/physical:default and bringing in > network/physical:nwam correctly configured my e1000g interface and > guess what name service was working !!!!!!! > > *) I rebooted my laptop again. It came up with nwam enabled but no > interface plumbed. All my manual attempts to get an IP so I could > transfer the log file failed. So I disabled nwam, create > /etc/hostname.e1000g0 and /etc/dhcp.e1000g0, enable > network/physical:default and rebooted. The system came up fine. I > transferred the log file (attached). > > *) Now again I disabled network/physical:default and enabled > network/physical:nwam and rebooted .. I am in the same situation with > a system with no plumbed/configured/working interface. This time > however /etc/hostname.e1000g0 and /etc/dhcp.e1000g0 are still there. > > If someone wants to look at the laptop in its current state come by my > office. > > Rao. > > P.S. I am not on the nwam-dev alias so please copy me on any > replies/questions. >
