sysidtool(1M)                                             System Administration Commands                                             sysidtool(1M)

NAME

       sysidtool, sysidnet, sysidns, sysidsys, sysidroot, sysidpm, sysidnfs4 - system configuration

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/sysidnet

       /usr/sbin/sysidns

       /usr/sbin/sysidsys

       /usr/sbin/sysidroot

       /usr/sbin/sysidpm

       /usr/sbin/sysidnfs4

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 network
       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  ser-
           vice 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 compliant, 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".

       sysidconfig: host- or platform-specific configuration

           This command controls specification and execution of custom configuration applications that can be specified for a particular host or a
           particular platform. See sysidconfig(1M).

       The sysidtool programs attempt to obtain system configuration information 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
       Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations 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.

       sysidnfs4  installs  /etc/.NFS4inst_state.domain  upon successful configuration of the NFSv4 domain name. Existence of this file suppresses
       any further prompting.

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

           This file is created upon successful configuration of the NFSv4 domain. If this file is present during  system  reboot,  the  sysidnfs4
           program  is  run but no prompts are displayed. The suppression of prompts is intended for system upgrades, in which a system configura-
           tion typically stays unchanged. Stability level of this interface: Obsolete

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWadmap, SUNWpmu           |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       powerd(1M), sys-unconfig(1M), sysidconfig(1M), passwd(4), power.conf(4), shadow(4), sysidcfg(4), attributes(5)

       Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic 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 Solaris 9 operating environment. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.

SunOS 5.10                                                          21 Oct 2004                                                      sysidtool(1M)