> Hi,
>
> I have just had to add a new simlink in /etc/rc2.d linked to my script in
> /etc/init.d on all my Solaris boxen to do this since our intranet network
> changed.
> my script checks all sorts of things but the main bit is this:
> route add 0.0.0.0 192.a.b.c.d
> where 192.a.b.c.d is the address of the gateway that the IT Dept gave me.
> 0.0.0.0 is setting the default.
> Crosses fingers and hopes to not have to retype this onto the consoles any
> more.
> IT manager assures me that this is all he has to type in on his HPUX
> consoles too (I don't know if he's worked out where to put the startup
> script yet :)
> Presumably in Linux the same applies but you would put the script in
> /etc/rc.d/init.d with the simlink in /etc/rc.d/rc2.d
>
> Regards,
>
> Jill.
>
> ___________________________________________
> Jill Rowling
> Senior Design Engineer & Unix System Administrator
> Electronic Engineering Department, Aristocrat Leisure Industries
> 3rd Floor, 77 Dunning Ave Rosebery NSW 2018
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Rundle [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 2:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: IP settings on SCO (was RE: [SLUG] OT: Setting IP
> address on HP Unix
>
>
> > > I would have thought that you just change the value
> > > in the file, etc/hosts and then reboot the machine.
>
> > No, that won't work on any system that I know.
>
> Well it works on Solaris 2.7.
> And 2.6
> Since we are way off topic already, can any of the Solaris
> guru's out there clarify how/why a Solaris box can find the
> default gateway when all I do to move it to a different
> network is edit the entry in the /etc/hosts file and re-boot.
>
> Cheers
>
> Pete
>
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