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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.
Machine's default locale. Machine's console type. Machine's host name. Machine's IP address.
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)
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.
Machine's root password.
Auto-shutdown confirmation if the system is Energystar-V2 compliant, that is, a new system model shipped after October 1, 1995.
This command controls specification and execution of custom configuration applications that may be specified for a particular host or a particular platform. Seesysidconfig(1M).
The sysidtool programs attempt to obtain system configuration 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 preconfiguring the appropriate configuration information in the name service databases or in the sysidcfg(4) file.
To preconfigure the information in the name service databases, you must use the name service commands or the Solstice AdminSuite tools. See Solaris 8 Advanced 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.
password file. See passwd(4).
shadow password file. See shadow(4).
Power Management configuration file. See power.conf(4).
If this file is present during system reboot, the sysidpm program will be run. This file will be removed by sysidpm.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
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Availability | SUNWadmap |
SUNWpmu |
powerd(1M), sys-unconfig(1M), sysidconfig(1M), passwd(4), power.conf(4), shadow (4), sysidcfg(4), attributes(5)
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.
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.
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