The following table provides a high-level overview of the name service databases that you need to edit and populate to preconfigure system information.
System Information to Preconfigure |
Name Service Database |
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Host name and Internet Protocol (IP) address |
hosts |
Date and time |
hosts. Specify the timehost alias next to the host name of the system that will provide the date and time for the systems that are being installed. |
Time zone |
timezone |
Netmask |
netmasks |
You cannot preconfigure the locale for a system with the DNS or LDAP name service. If you use the NIS or NIS+ name service, follow the procedure for your name service to preconfigure the locale for a system:
Become superuser on the name server.
Change /var/yp/Makefile to add the locale map.
Insert this shell procedure after the last variable.time shell procedure.
locale.time: $(DIR)/locale -@if [ -f $(DIR)/locale ]; then \ sed -e "/^#/d" -e s/#.*$$// $(DIR)/locale \ | awk '{for (i = 2; i<=NF; i++) print $$i, $$0}' \ | $(MAKEDBM) - $(YPDBDIR)/$(DOM)/locale.byname; \ touch locale.time; \ echo "updated locale"; \ if [ ! $(NOPUSH) ]; then \ $(YPPUSH) locale.byname; \ echo "pushed locale"; \ else \ : ; \ fi \ else \ echo "couldn't find $(DIR)/locale"; \ fi |
Find the string all: and, at the end of the list of variables, insert the word locale.
all: passwd group hosts ethers networks rpc services protocols \ netgroup bootparams aliases publickey netid netmasks c2secure \ timezone auto.master auto.home locale |
Near the end of the file, after the last entry of its type, insert the string locale: locale.time on a new line.
passwd: passwd.time group: group.time hosts: hosts.time ethers: ethers.time networks: networks.time rpc: rpc.time services: services.time protocols: protocols.time netgroup: netgroup.time bootparams: bootparams.time aliases: aliases.time publickey: publickey.time netid: netid.time passwd.adjunct: passwd.adjunct.time group.adjunct: group.adjunct.time netmasks: netmasks.time timezone: timezone.time auto.master: auto.master.time auto.home: auto.home.time locale: locale.time |
Save the file.
Create the file /etc/locale and make one entry for each domain or specific system:
locale domain_name |
Or
locale system_name |
Appendix D, Locale Values (Reference) contains a list of valid locales.
For example, the following entry specifies that French is the default language that is used in the worknet.com domain:
fr worknet.com |
And the following entry specifies that Belgian French is the default locale that is used by a system named charlie:
fr_BE charlie |
Locales are available on the Solaris DVD or Solaris Software 1 of 2 CD.
# cd /var/yp; make |
Systems that are specified by domain or individually in the locale map are now set up to use the default locale. The default locale that you specified is used during installation and by the desktop after the system is rebooted.
The following procedure assumes the NIS+ domain is set up. Setting up the NIS+ domain is documented in the System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP).
Log in to a name server as superuser or as a user in the NIS+ administration group.
# nistbladm -D access=og=rmcd,nw=r -c locale_tbl name=SI,nogw= locale=,nogw= comment=,nogw= locale.org_dir.`nisdefaults -d` |
Add needed entries to the locale.
# nistbladm -a name=name locale=locale comment=comment locale.org_dir.`nisdefaults -d` |
Either the domain name or a specific system name for which you want to preconfigure a default locale.
The locale you want to install on the system and use on the desktop after the system is rebooted. Appendix D, Locale Values (Reference) contains a list of valid locales.
The comment field. Use double quotation marks to begin and end comments that are longer than one word.
Locales are available on the Solaris DVD or Solaris Software 1 of 2 CD.
Systems that are specified by domain or individually in the locale table are now set up to use the default locale. The default locale you specified is used during installation and by the desktop after the system is rebooted.