NAME

sysidtool, sysidnet, sysidnis, sysidsys − system configuration

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/sysidnet
/usr/sbin/sysidnis
/usr/sbin/sysidsys

DESCRIPTION

sysidtool is a suite of three programs that configure a new system, or one that has been unconfigured with sys-unconfig(1M).  The sysidtool programs run automatically at system installation and during the first boot after a machine has been successfully unconfigured using sys-unconfig(1M).  The sysidtool programs have no effect outside of these times, and should not 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.  They may prompt for the following information:

sysidnet: network configuration

• Machine’s console type

• Machine’s hostname

• Machine’s IP address

sysidnis: NIS/NIS+ client configuration

• Machine’s IP subnet mask (if no NIS/NIS+ server can automatically be located on the machine’s sub-network)

• NIS/NIS+ domain name

• Hostname and IP address of an NIS/NIS+ server in the domain

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 timezone

• Date and time

• Machine’s root password

The sysidtool programs attempt to obtain configuration information from various network services and databases, as set up with the Host Manager function of admintool(1M).  Only when information is missing from these services and databases, do the sysidtool programs prompt the user for the information.  However, the user is always prompted for the system’s root password. 

When a machine is configured as a client of an NIS+ server, the user may elect to have the sysidtool programs store the configuration information into the appropriate NIS+ databases.  In order to store information in the NIS+ databases, the databases must be set up with the appropriate permissions.  In all cases, however, the machine’s configuration information is set up in its /etc and /var files. 

FILES

/etc/.UNCONFIGURED

/etc/nodename

/etc/hostname.??[0-9]

/etc/TIMEZONE

/etc/defaultdomain

/etc/passwd

/etc/shadow

/etc/inet/hosts

/etc/inet/netmasks

/etc/net/∗/hosts

/var/nis/NIS_COLD_START

/var/yp/aliases

/var/yp/binding/∗/ypservers

/etc/.sysIDtool.state

SEE ALSO

admintool(1M), sys-unconfig(1M)

NOTES

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 configured manually. 

SunOS 5.1/SPARC  —  Last change: 16 Jan 1992