On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 06:43:32PM -0700, Rao Shoaib wrote:
> 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.

Hmm, wish I had that magic touch more often.

In any case, do keep us posted on how things work, Rao.  Thanks for
taking the time to check things out!

-renee


> 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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