For more information about obtaining the appropriate rights to perform specific tasks, see Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.2 .
First, list the domains to search and the IP addresses for the DNS name servers. Then, update the SMF repository.
# svccfg -s dns/client svc:/network/dns/client> setprop config/search = \ astring: ("example.com" "sales.example.com") svc:/network/dns/client> setprop config/nameserver = \ net_address: (192.168.1.10 192.168.1.11) svc:/network/dns/client> select network/dns/client:default svc:/network/dns/client:default> refresh svc:/network/dns/client:default> quit
The first command updates the DNS configuration information in the SMF repository.
# svccfg -s system/name-service/switch svc:/system/name-service/switch> setprop config/host = astring: "files dns" svc:/system/name-service/switch> select system/name-service/switch:default svc:/system/name-service/switch:default> refresh svc:/system/name-service/switch:default> quit
# svcadm enable network/dns/client # svcadm enable system/name-service/switch