sysidconfig(1M)
NAME
sysidconfig - execute system configuration applications, or
define set of system configuration applications
SYNOPSIS
sysidconfig [-lv] [-a application] [-b basedir] [-
r application]
DESCRIPTION
Invoked without any options, the sysidconfig program exe-
cutes a list of applications. An application on this list is
referred to as a "system configuration application." Every
application on this list will be passed one command-line
argument, -c. This flag will cause the system configuration
application to perform its configuration function. Without
options, sysidconfig should only be invoked by startup
scripts, which occurs during the initial installation and
during a reconfigure reboot.
All applications on the list will be executed, if possible.
All activity taken by the sysidconfig program is logged in
the sysidconfig log file, /var/log/sysidconfig.log. If one
or more of the applications on the list are either not
present at execution time, are not executable, or execute
but return a failure code upon completion, then that infor-
mation will be logged as well. Successful completion of the
program can be assumed if no error message is present in the
log file. Programs are executed sequentially, with only one
configuration application active at a time.
Executed with the -l, -a, or -r options, the sysidconfig
program allows the super-user to list the defined confi-
guration applications, and to add items to or remove items
from that list. Running sysidconfig with options is the only
way to view or manipulate the list. Only the super-user can
execute the sysidconfig program with options.
The -b and -v options change the behavior of sysidconfig,
and can be used with or without the list manipulation
options discussed above. The -b basedir option is used to
specify a reference root directory other than the default,
/. The -v option duplicates the log file output on stdout.
By default, no SPARC based applications exist on this list.
However, the x86 based systems are delivered with one appli-
cation, kdmconfig(1M), on the list. kdmconfig is not
delivered on SPARC based systems.
This application is an extension of the sysidtool(1M) suite
of programs. It is executed during initial installation and
during a reconfigure reboot, before the window system has
been started. Graphical User Interface (GUI) applications
will not execute successfully if they are added to the list
of configuration applications via sysidconfig -a.
This program is referenced, but not fully described, in the
sysidtool(1M) manual page.
OPTIONS
The valid options are:
-a application
Add the named application to the list of defined
applications. When next invoked without arguments,
sysidconfig will run this newly added application
after all previously defined applications. application
must be a fully qualified path name that is not
currently on the list of applications to execute.
-b basedir
Specify an alternate base directory (/ is defined as
the default base directory if no other is specified).
The specified directory is used as the root directory
when adding, listing, removing, or executing confi-
guration applications. The log file where information
is recorded is in /var/log, relative to the specified
basedir. In the log file, the basedir is not noted.
This means, for example, that if the super-user on a
diskless client's server executes:
sysidconfig -b /export/root/client -a /sbin/someapp
then the diskless client client would have
/sbin/someapp executed upon reconfigure reboot. The
diskless client's log file would note that
/sbin/someapp was added, not
/export/root/client/sbin/someapp.
-l List defined configuration applications. Applications
will be executed one at a time, in the order shown in
the list.
-r application
Remove the named application from the list of defined
applications. application must be a fully qualified
path name and it must be on the existing list of
applications to execute.
-v Verbose mode. This option echoes all information sent
to the log file to stdout. Such information includes
timestamp information about when the program was exe-
cuted, the names of applications being executed, and
results of those executions.
RETURN VALUES
The sysidconfig program will return 0 if it completes suc-
cessfully.
When executed with the -r or -a options, error conditions or
warnings will be reported on stderr. If the requested action
completes successfully, an exit code of 0 will be returned.
ERRORS
EPERM The program was executed by a user other than the
super-user.
EINVAL
Option -l, -a, or -r was passed and the action could
not be completed successfully.
FILES
/var/log/sysidconfig.log
sysidconfig log file
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWadmap |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
sys-unconfig(1M), sysidtool(1M), attributes(5)
x86 Only
kdmconfig(1M)
DIAGNOSTICS
When run without options, a log of the sysidconfig program's
activity can be found in /var/log/sysidconfig.log. This file
contains a timestamp log of each program executed, its
resulting stderr output, and its exit code. If an applica-
tion in the list was not found or is not executable, that
will also be noted.
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