phobosx.physics.yale.edu


phobosx is a Sun HPC 3000 server running Solaris 2.5.1


System Details:


Installation Notes


Network Setup

  1. Create a file /etc/defaultrouter. This is a one-line file containing the IP address of the gateway/router, in our case, 198.125.138.225

  2. Create /etc/resolv.conf with these 3 lines:

    domain physics.yale.edu
    search physics.yale.edu
    nameserver 130.132.1.9
    Additional nameservers can be added, if needed.

  3. Modify the line

    hosts: files
    in /etc/nsswitch.conf to
    hosts: files dns

  4. Add entries to /etc/hosts


Ashutosh Sanzgiri