sysidconfig(1M) System Administration Commands sysidconfig(1M)NAMEsysidconfig - execute system configuration applications, or define set
of system configuration applications
SYNOPSISsysidconfig [-lv] [-a application] [-b basedir] [-r application]
DESCRIPTION
Invoked without any options, the sysidconfig program executes a list of
applications. An application on this list is referred to as a "system
configuration application." Every application on this list will be
passed one command-line argument, -c. This flag will cause the system
configuration application to perform its configuration function. With‐
out options, sysidconfig should only be invoked by startup scripts,
which occurs during the initial installation and during a reconfigure
reboot.
All applications on the list will be executed, if possible. All activ‐
ity taken by the sysidconfig program is logged in the sysidconfig log
file, /var/log/sysidconfig.log. If one or more of the applications on
the list are either not present at execution time, are not executable,
or execute but return a failure code upon completion, then that infor‐
mation will be logged as well. Successful completion of the program can
be assumed if no error message is present in the log file. Programs are
executed sequentially, with only one configuration application active
at a time.
Executed with the -l, -a, or -r options, the sysidconfig program allows
the super-user to list the defined configuration applications, and to
add items to or remove items from that list. Running sysidconfig with
options is the only way to view or manipulate the list. Only the super-
user can execute the sysidconfig program with options.
The -b and -v options change the behavior of sysidconfig, and can be
used with or without the list manipulation options discussed above. The
-b basedir option is used to specify a reference root directory other
than the default, /. The -v option duplicates the log file output on
stdout.
By default, no SPARC based applications exist on this list. However,
the x86 based systems are delivered with one application, kdmcon‐
fig(1M), on the list. kdmconfig is not delivered on SPARC based sys‐
tems.
This application is an extension of the sysidtool(1M) suite of pro‐
grams. It is executed during initial installation and during a recon‐
figure reboot, before the window system has been started. Graphical
User Interface (GUI) applications will not execute successfully if they
are added to the list of configuration applications via sysidconfig-a.
This program is referenced, but not fully described, in the sysid‐
tool(1M) manual page.
OPTIONS
The valid options are:
-a application Add the named application to the list of defined appli‐
cations. When next invoked without arguments, sysidcon‐
fig will run this newly added application after all
previously defined applications. application must be a
fully qualified path name that is not currently on the
list of applications to execute.
-b basedir Specify an alternate base directory (/ is defined as
the default base directory if no other is specified).
The specified directory is used as the root directory
when adding, listing, removing, or executing configura‐
tion applications. The log file where information is
recorded is in /var/log, relative to the specified
basedir. In the log file, the basedir is not noted.
This means, for example, that if the super-user on a
diskless client's server executes:
sysidconfig-b /export/root/client -a /sbin/someapp
then the diskless client client would have
/sbin/someapp executed upon reconfigure reboot. The
diskless client's log file would note that
/sbin/someapp was added, not
/export/root/client/sbin/someapp.
Note - The root file system of any non-global zones
must not be referenced with the -b option.
Doing so might damage the global zone's file
system, might compromise the security of the
global zone, and might damage the non-global
zone's file system. See zones(5).
-l List defined configuration applications. Applications
will be executed one at a time, in the order shown in
the list.
-r application Remove the named application from the list of defined
applications. application must be a fully qualified
path name and it must be on the existing list of appli‐
cations to execute.
-v Verbose mode. This option echoes all information sent
to the log file to stdout. Such information includes
timestamp information about when the program was exe‐
cuted, the names of applications being executed, and
results of those executions.
RETURN VALUES
The sysidconfig program will return 0 if it completes successfully.
When executed with the -r or -a options, error conditions or warnings
will be reported on stderr. If the requested action completes success‐
fully, an exit code of 0 will be returned.
ERRORS
EPERM The program was executed by a user other than the super-user.
EINVAL Option -l, -a, or -r was passed and the action could not be
completed successfully.
FILES
/var/log/sysidconfig.log sysidconfig log file
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWadmap │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOsys-unconfig(1M), sysidtool(1M), attributes(5)
x86 Only
kdmconfig(1M)DIAGNOSTICS
When run without options, a log of the sysidconfig program's activity
can be found in /var/log/sysidconfig.log. This file contains a time‐
stamp log of each program executed, its resulting stderr output, and
its exit code. If an application in the list was not found or is not
executable, that will also be noted.
SunOS 5.10 6 Apr 2005 sysidconfig(1M)
