Set domainname manually
I've successfully installed Solaris 10 into vmware machine. I am using vmware's NAT and DHCP.
After system boot, the hostname is set to uknown and domainname is blank (or whatever, I don't remember :)).
I want to specify hostname AND domainname manually. I've been successful with setting hostname. This is what I've done so far:
created /etc/nodename with "myhost" entry
edited /etc/default/dhcpagent,
turned off REQUEST_HOSTAME
deleted number 15 from PARAM_REQUEST_LIST
I created /etc/defaultdomain and entered "mydomain.top"
ok, after boot /etc/hosts looks like this
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.25.13 myhost #Added by DHCP
ping myhost works, ping myhost.mydomain.top doesn't
# hostname
returns myhost
# domainname
returns mydomain.top
Editing etc/hosts does nothing good, dhcp always rewrites it... So what am I missing? I am Solaris n00b, used Linux for a while, but still lame.
[994 byte] By [
Martin777] at [2007-11-26 11:01:09]
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> created /etc/nodename with "myhost" entry
> edited /etc/default/dhcpagent,
> turned off REQUEST_HOSTAME
> deleted number 15 from PARAM_REQUEST_LIST
>
> I created /etc/defaultdomain and entered
> "mydomain.top"
domainname and /etc/defaultdomain is an NIS thing, not DNS.
Specify any DNS domains you want to add to your search path in /etc/resolv.conf.
search mydomain.top
You can also put the "long" name in /etc/hosts if you want.
> ok, after boot /etc/hosts looks like this
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 192.168.25.13 myhost #Added by DHCP
>
> ping myhost works, ping myhost.mydomain.top doesn't
DHCP. Maybe you'd prefer to change your hostname to 'myhost.mydomain.top' so that it would put it in /etc/hosts for you.
> # hostname
>
> returns myhost
>
> # domainname
>
> returns mydomain.top
Ignore 'domainname'.
> Editing etc/hosts does nothing good, dhcp always
> rewrites it... So what am I missing? I am Solaris
> n00b, used Linux for a while, but still lame.
I guess the question is, why do you want to resolve a full name like that if it doesn't actually exist in a DNS server somewhere?
You could rewrite /etc/hosts with a script at boot or in cron... Just add an entry with the full name.
--
Darren
