sysidtool(1M) System Administration Commands sysidtool(1M)NAME
sysidtool, sysidnet, sysidns, sysidsys, sysidroot, sysidpm, sysidnfs4,
sysidkbd - system configuration
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/sysidnet
/usr/sbin/sysidns
/usr/sbin/sysidsys
/usr/sbin/sysidroot
/usr/sbin/sysidpm
/usr/sbin/sysidnfs4
/usr/sbin/sysidkbd
DESCRIPTION
sysidtool is a suite of programs that configure a new system, or one
that has been unconfigured with sys-unconfig(1M). The sysidtool pro‐
grams 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 net‐
work interface. The following list shows the available commands and the
information for which each of the commands lists.
sysidnet: network configuration
Machine's default locale. Machine's console type. Machine's host
name. Machine's IP address.
sysidns: name service configuration
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)
sysidsys: miscellaneous system configuration
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.
sysidroot: control superuser information
Machine's root password.
sysidpm: power management configuration
Auto-shutdown confirmation if the system is Energystar-V2 compli‐
ant, that is, a new system model shipped after October 1, 1995.
sysidnfs4: NFSv4 domain configuration
Domain name to be used by NFSv4 client(s) and server(s) to transmit
user and group id's as strings of the general form
"[user|group]@domain".
sysidkbd: keyboard layout configuration
The corresponding keytable is loaded into the kernel according to
the configured keyboard layout.
sysidconfig: host- or platform-specific configuration
This command controls specification and execution of custom config‐
uration applications that can be specified for a particular host or
a particular platform. See sysidconfig(1M).
The sysidtool programs attempt to obtain system configuration informa‐
tion 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
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.
If a system has more than one network interface, you can use sysidtool
to configure all interfaces on the system.
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.
If you have non-global zones installed and the nfs4_domain keyword
exists in the sysidcfg file, the first boot of a non-global zone sets
the domain. Otherwise, the Solaris interactive installation program
comes up and you are prompted to provide a domain name before the boot
process completes. See sysidcfg(4) and Solaris Express Installation
Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations.
sysidkbd prompts for the keyboards with zero-bCountryCode and then sets
the keyboard layout string in the /etc/default/kbd file. If the sysid‐
kbd gets the valid keyboard layout string, the string will be set into
the entry "LAYOUT=" in the file.
FILES
/etc/.UNCONFIGURED
/etc/nodename
/etc/hostname.??[0-9]
/etc/default/init
/etc/defaultdomain
/etc/passwd password file. See passwd(4).
/etc/shadow shadow password file. See shadow(4).
/etc/inet/hosts
/etc/inet/netmasks
/var/nis/NIS_COLD_START
/var/yp/aliases
/var/yp/binding/*/ypservers
/etc/.sysIDtool.state
/etc/power.conf Power Management configuration file. See
power.conf(4).
/etc/.PM_RECONFIGURE If this file is present during system reboot,
the sysidpm program is run. This file is
removed by sysidpm.
/etc/.NFS4inst_state.domain
/etc/default/kdb
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWadmap, SUNWpmu │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOpowerd(1M), sys-unconfig(1M), sysidconfig(1M), passwd(4),
power.conf(4), shadow (4), sysidcfg(4), attributes(5)
Solaris Express Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced
Installations
NOTES
NIS+ might not be supported in future releases of the Solaris Operating
system. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are available in
the current Solaris release. For more information, visit
http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.
SunOS 5.10 28 May 2010 sysidtool(1M)
