"Enda o'Connor - Sun Microsystems Ireland - Software Engineer" writes: > Hi Christine > Mine was false to start with and now reports true, but initially I was > unable to set it to true ( when it was false ) > > svccfg -s system/zones setprop general/enabled = true > whereas I had to use system/zones:default, ie specify the default, even > though it was the only instance, man page does not have an example > > On my sparc system Iget > # svccfg -s system/zones setprop general/enabled = true > svccfg: Type required for new properties. > # svccfg -s system/zones:default setprop general/enabled = true > > So I have to use :default, but his is just unclear to me in general, I > though as i had onnly one instance of system/zones it would pick the > default.
An instance's properties are "composed" from the service properties plus those overridden on the instance. Because "enabled" is usually set instance-by-instance, the property tends to get created at the instance level, not the service level. Thus, when you tried to specify at the service level, svccfg told you there's no such property, and to create it, you'd need to specify its type. But that wouldn't matter, as it's specified at the instance level already, and will be overridden. So, that's why when you set it at the instance level (*with* :default), it worked. I'm hoping to create some simplified interfaces for property modification that would handle cases like this for you -- expect a proposal here in the next few weeks. We continue to need svccfg's raw interface to the underlying model, but are missing more of a "do what I mean" interface. That interface is what I hope to propose. :) liane -- Liane Praza, Solaris Kernel Development liane.praza at sun.com - http://blogs.sun.com/lianep
