Inside Solaris™ 9

The sysidcfg File

When a JumpStart client boots for the first time, the booting software first tries to obtain system identification information (such as the system’s hostname, IP address, locale, time zone, and root password) from a file named sysidcfg and then from the name service database. If you’re not using a name service, you’ll use this file to answer system identification questions during the initial part of the installation. If you’re using a name service, you’ll want to look over the section “Setting Up JumpStart in a Name Service Environment” later in this chapter.

You’ll use the sysidcfg file to answer system identification questions during the initial part of the installation. If the JumpStart server provides this information, ...