Re: [zones-discuss] netmask warning, misconfiguration

2007-12-03 Thread James Carlson
Mike Gerdts writes: > On Dec 3, 2007 5:43 AM, James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It doesn't always work very well, which is why I generally recommend > > against /etc/netmasks. It may have been an ok interface 20 years ago, > > but with CIDR, it's mostly a defect looking for a place to h

Re: [zones-discuss] netmask warning, misconfiguration

2007-12-03 Thread Mike Gerdts
On Dec 3, 2007 8:45 AM, James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Besides the look-up ambiguity, there are also the chicken-and-egg > problems that occur when users accidentally configure the system to > use NIS or some other directory service for netmask resolution. > Trying to configure an inter

Re: [zones-discuss] netmask warning, misconfiguration

2007-12-03 Thread Mike Gerdts
On Dec 3, 2007 5:43 AM, James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It doesn't always work very well, which is why I generally recommend > against /etc/netmasks. It may have been an ok interface 20 years ago, > but with CIDR, it's mostly a defect looking for a place to happen. If using only a loca

Re: [zones-discuss] netmask warning, misconfiguration

2007-12-03 Thread James Carlson
Jordan Brown (Sun) writes: > OTOH, I don't immediately understand how the example can work. It says > that 128.32.*.* (except for the exclusions) gets a 24-bit netmask, but I > don't see how that can be unambiguously determined. The example *seems* > to want to explicitly specify a 28-bit netm

Re: [zones-discuss] netmask warning, misconfiguration

2007-11-30 Thread Jordan Brown (Sun)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What does the "netmasks" entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf say? A common > issue is that a user changes their local /etc/netmasks file but their > the switch says to use something like "nis". Bingo! Thanks! >> (I also tried 172.20.0.0 on the theory that maybe it wanted me t

Re: [zones-discuss] netmask warning, misconfiguration

2007-11-30 Thread David . Comay
> zoneadm: zone 'int-sagent-1-z1': WARNING: bge0:1: no matching subnet > found in netmasks(4) for 172.20.46.188; using default of 255.255.0.0. > > but my /etc/netmasks (on both the global and local zone) looks good: What does the "netmasks" entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf say? A common issue is that

Re: [zones-discuss] netmask warning, misconfiguration

2007-11-30 Thread Jordan Brown (Sun)
Antonello Cruz wrote: > I would definitely run > > zonecfg -z int-sagent-1-z1 info > > to check what the zone thinks is the netmask. Doesn't display a netmask. > I suspect if you haven't defined the '/24' it will pick the default for > the address class. In this case, '/16' IIRC. > Sometimes d

Re: [zones-discuss] netmask warning, misconfiguration

2007-11-30 Thread Antonello Cruz
I would definitely run zonecfg -z int-sagent-1-z1 info to check what the zone thinks is the netmask. I suspect if you haven't defined the '/24' it will pick the default for the address class. In this case, '/16' IIRC. Sometimes documentation gets old... Antonello Jordan Brown (Sun) wrote: > An

Re: [zones-discuss] netmask warning, misconfiguration

2007-11-30 Thread Jordan Brown (Sun)
Antonello Cruz wrote: >> zoneadm: zone 'int-sagent-1-z1': WARNING: bge0:1: no matching subnet >> found in netmasks(4) for 172.20.46.188; using default of 255.255.0.0. > How did you setup the IP address for that zone? > > Did you use, in zonecfg: > zonecfg:int-sagent-1-z1:net> set address=172.20.4

Re: [zones-discuss] netmask warning, misconfiguration

2007-11-30 Thread Antonello Cruz
Jordan, How did you setup the IP address for that zone? Did you use, in zonecfg: zonecfg:int-sagent-1-z1:net> set address=172.20.46.188/24 ? Antonello Jordan Brown (Sun) wrote: > I get: > > zoneadm: zone 'int-sagent-1-z1': WARNING: bge0:1: no matching subnet > found in netmasks(4) for 172.20.

[zones-discuss] netmask warning, misconfiguration

2007-11-29 Thread Jordan Brown (Sun)
I get: zoneadm: zone 'int-sagent-1-z1': WARNING: bge0:1: no matching subnet found in netmasks(4) for 172.20.46.188; using default of 255.255.0.0. but my /etc/netmasks (on both the global and local zone) looks good: 172.20.46.0255.255.255.0 (I also tried 172.20.0.0 on the theory that maybe