Creating User-Defined Scripts (Solaris for ISPs Administration Guide)

Solaris for ISPs Administration Guide

Creating User-Defined Scripts

This section discusses certain installation and/or configuration updates you may provide to be executed after installation of Solaris for ISPs. These parameters can be written as a shell script. For example, you can write a command similar to: echo "foo" >> /etc/ftpusers

The path to this script that you create can be registered while configuring the host (Post-Configuration Command screen) for installation of Solaris for ISPs. Alternately, you may string these commands. This post-configuration command provided by you will be executed by Solaris for ISPs post-installation script during batch installation.

Note -

Creating this script is optional.

Some post-installation system setup examples that you may address in your script to be executed after installation are illustrated in the following. For example:

Write a program to verify and confirm changes to system setup.
Write a program to notify or print disk space availability after installation.
Write a program to re-configure notification messages from syslog for failed authorization entries. Refer to "Log File Management".
Write a program to configure other independent software.
Write a program to configure DNS host:
- Enter some DNS server IP addresses in /etc/hosts.
- Set up /etc/resolv.conf.
- Modify /etc/nsswitch.conf.
  
  Note -
  The DNS server configurations discussed in this section are suggestions only. You need not reconfigure your existing DNS server. Please refer to a relevant document to reconfigure your DNS server to support Solaris for ISPs extensions and services request for regular name lookups.