> I don't even know there are any GUI tools on Solaris > for networking? What would I use them for, I can > configure networking on Solaris within 15 seconds > with my eyes blindfolded and hands tied behind my > back, it's that easy.
What if, for instance, you've installed OpenSolaris on a machine that had a network card OpenSolaris wasn't able to detect ? Network hasn't been configured, you naturally continue with the installation hoping to make it work after it boots (by looking up a driver, etc..). It's still not being detected, you file an RFE and insert some PCI Ethernet card you know works. Then you need to: 1) edit /etc/hosts 2) create /etc/defaultrouter 3) create /etc/hostname.rge0 (or whatever your interface was) 4) create /etc/resolv.conf 5) edit /etc/nsswitch.conf (add "dns" to hosts, ipnodes) 6) restart the network service ... and you magically have to remember all that, because you don't have any access to the Internet yet Now if you have solid experience with Solaris (as you do) it's easy & simple, if you don't, you'd be surprised if you'd say forget/didn't know about (e), but I sure hope you don't expect [i]everyone[/i] to know what nsswitch.conf is for and why "dns" wasn't there when your network card wasn't detected. In the end [i]good[/i] UI tools are absolutely essential. Saying that CLI is easy and always gives you more control is like saying that [i]ed[/i] should be used for coding on huge projects, does it give you more control ? will it allow you to do safe refactorings ? will it do code inspection for you ? will it correctly find usages for you ? A good IDE allows you to focus on your project, not coding details. A proper UI tool would verify that your input was correct (instead of having to look at 'svcs -xv' (which you'd also have to know of), and check the logs which aren't always that informative...), it would present all this information in one window, instead of being scattered through 4-5 files, and most importantly it would automate all the steps for you, so instead of spending on this N minutes you could set up your network in just under 30 seconds. The networking tool in OpenSolaris is okay (except that it doesn't update nsswitch and messed up my /etc/hosts), but it's certainly a step in the right direction... This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
