Solaris

On prior versions to solaris 10 when I want to add/change the IP address of an interface I will use this command.

ifconfig eri0 down
ifconfig eri0 192.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.xxx.xxx.xxx up

then change /etc/hosts so that /etc/hostname.eri0 picks up on the correct IP.



I strange thing is on solaris 10 when I change the IP address inside /etc/hosts and reboot, when the system comes up it still reverts back to the old IP address.

Even after I unplumb and plumb several times and each time reboot, the IP address still reflects the old IP address.

is there something I didn't do?

you have to edit /etc/inet/ipnodes also....

ok thx, I will try it