lianep at eng.sun.com wrote:
>"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 > > Hi Thanks to all those who repliedfor the explanations and help. Starting to make sense for me. regards Enda -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/smf-discuss/attachments/20060719/40efc23f/attachment.html>
