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.
>

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