Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) 8/99 Release Notes

Installation of Diskless Client Does Not Preserve Changes in the dfstab File on a Server (4045544)

When you upgrade the Solaris operating environment on a server with diskless clients, the options on the dfstab line are not preserved for /usr. For example, if you entered the following in the dfstab file:


share -F nfs -o rw /export/exec/Solaris_2.7_sparc.all/usr

then this entry is automatically replaced with the following entry during the upgrade:


share -F nfs -o ro /export/exec/Solaris_2.7_sparc.all/usr

Workaround: Before you attempt to upgrade the Solaris operating environment on an OS server that has a diskless client or Solstice AutoClient, back up the /etc/dfs/dfstab file for the clients.