sysidroot(1M)
NAME
sysidtool, sysidnet, sysidns, sysidsys, sysidroot, sysidpm -
system configuration
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/sysidnet
/usr/sbin/sysidns
/usr/sbin/sysidsys
/usr/sbin/sysidroot
/usr/sbin/sysidpm
DESCRIPTION
sysidtool is a suite of five programs that configure a new
system, or one that has been unconfigured with sys-
unconfig(1M). The sysidtool programs run automatically at
system installation, or during the first boot after a
machine has been successfully unconfigured.
These programs have no effect except at such times, and
should never be run manually.
The sysidtool programs set up the appropriate information in
the machine's configuration files, in the kernel, and on the
machine's network interface. The following list shows the
available commands and the information for which each of the
commands lists.
sysidnet: network configuration
Machine's default locale. Machine's console type.
Machine's host name. Machine's IP address.
sysidns: Name Service configuration
Name service choice: NIS, NIS+, DNS, LDAP, or none.
Machine's IP subnet mask (if no NIS/NIS+ server can
automatically be located on the machine's sub-network.
Domain name for chosen name service. Hostname and IP
address of name server(s). DNS search list (DNS name
service only)
sysidsys: miscellaneous system configuration
Machine's IP subnet mask (if an NIS/NIS+ server was
automatically located on the machine's sub-network).
Machine's time zone. Date and time.
sysidroot: control superuser information
Machine's root password.
sysidpm: Power Management configuration
Auto-shutdown confirmation if the system is
Energystar-V2 compliant, that is, a new system model
shipped after October 1, 1995.
sysidconfig: host or platform-specific configuration
This command controls specification and execution of
custom configuration applications that may be speci-
fied for a particular host or a particular platform.
See sysidconfig(1M).
The sysidtool programs attempt to obtain system configura-
tion information from various name service databases, for
example, NIS, or from the sysidcfg(4) file, and you are
prompted to provide the information if it cannot be found.
However, you can avoid one or more of the prompts by precon-
figuring the appropriate configuration information in the
name service databases or in the sysidcfg(4) file.
To preconfigure the information in the name service data-
bases, you must use the name service commands or the Sol-
stice AdminSuite tools. See Solaris 9 9/04 Installation
Guide for more details about how to preconfigure the system
configuration information.
The machine's configuration information is set up in its
/etc and /var files.
If a system has more than one network interface, you can use
sysidtool to configure only the primary interface on the
system. All other interfaces on the system must be config-
ured manually.
You cannot use the name service databases or the sysidcfg(4)
file to suppress the Power Management configuration prompt.
However, you can suppress it by creating either the
/autoshutdown or /noautoshutdown file before installation
reboot. Accordingly, the auto-shutdown feature is silently
configured. The /autoshutdown or /noautoshutdown files are
removed by sysidpm before it exits.
FILES
/etc/.UNCONFIGURED
/etc/nodename
/etc/hostname.??[0-9]
/etc/default/init
/etc/defaultdomain
/etc/passwd
password file. See passwd(4).
/etc/shadow
shadow password file. See shadow(4).
/etc/inet/hosts
/etc/inet/netmasks
/etc/net/*/hosts
/var/nis/NIS_COLD_START
/var/yp/aliases
/var/yp/binding/*/ypservers
/etc/.sysIDtool.state
/etc/power.conf
Power Management configuration file. See
power.conf(4).
/etc/.PM_RECONFIGURE
If this file is present during system reboot, the
sysidpm program will be run. This file will be removed
by sysidpm.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWadmap |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| | SUNWpmu |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
powerd(1M), sys-unconfig(1M), sysidconfig(1M), passwd(4),
power.conf(4), shadow (4), sysidcfg(4), attributes(5)
Solaris 9 9/04 Installation Guide
NOTES
NIS+ might not be supported in future releases of the
SolarisTM Operating Environment. Tools to aid the migration
from NIS+ to LDAP are available in the Solaris 9 operating
environment. For more information, visit
http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.
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