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. >> > > _______________________________________________ > nwam-dev mailing list > nwam-dev at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/nwam-dev
