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# 1  
Old 08-22-2011
Finding the global zone name
Hi

im in a local zone
which command if i execute in the local zone will show the global zone name

Thanks
# 2  
Old 08-22-2011
Impossible without "hacking" the zone system.
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# 3  
Old 08-22-2011
Ask your system administrator Smilie
# 4  
Old 08-22-2011
You can use below command from non-global zone to "guess" global zone name.

Code:
arp -a | grep -i SP

Basically, you are hacking your network traffic to find out global zone's name.
This may not work with exclusive IP stacking for non-global zone.
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Old 08-24-2011
admins at times create some file which stores the global zone name in the local zone.. Smilie
# 6  
Old 08-24-2011
Indeed, however, this method will fail if the zone is moved on a different server (detach/attach) but the file isn't updated in the process ...
# 7  
Old 08-25-2011
@jilliagre ... i agree Smilie
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