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Solaris is a UNIX operating system made at [[Sun Microsystems]].  Before version 2 it was BSD based, after version 2 it was based on [[SVR4]]. The current version is [[Solaris_10]]. It works on x86 (PC) hardware but is more commonly found on [http://www.sparc.com/ Sparc] hardware.
 
Solaris is a UNIX operating system made at [[Sun Microsystems]].  Before version 2 it was BSD based, after version 2 it was based on [[SVR4]]. The current version is [[Solaris_10]]. It works on x86 (PC) hardware but is more commonly found on [http://www.sparc.com/ Sparc] hardware.
  
I'll never understand why they don't add a little more to the single "hostname" binary for example, so that when you run "hostname foo" it would update the +5 neccesary files that need touched to change ones hostname. You might want to try  
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We wish the folks at [http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/ http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/ ] would add a little more to the single "hostname" binary, so that when you run "hostname foo" it would update the +5 necessary files that need touched to change ones hostname. If you want to modify your hostname and aren't sure of all of the required files, you might want to try  
  
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For the last few major revisions of Solaris, the [[DNS]] option has not worked in the installer. You will have to ignore this during installation and configure it afterwards. This issue exists as of the latest version, [[Solaris_10]].

Revision as of 17:01, 6 January 2007

Solaris is a UNIX operating system made at Sun Microsystems. Before version 2 it was BSD based, after version 2 it was based on SVR4. The current version is Solaris_10. It works on x86 (PC) hardware but is more commonly found on Sparc hardware.

We wish the folks at http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/ would add a little more to the single "hostname" binary, so that when you run "hostname foo" it would update the +5 necessary files that need touched to change ones hostname. If you want to modify your hostname and aren't sure of all of the required files, you might want to try

# sys-unconfig

For the last few major revisions of Solaris, the DNS option has not worked in the installer. You will have to ignore this during installation and configure it afterwards. This issue exists as of the latest version, Solaris_10.