gfr@wolfgang.mitre.org (Glenn Roberts) (12/25/88)
> We have a single Sun 386i which we would like to have connected to the > university's ethernet and internet backbone. We don't want to serve > anyone. Apparently, the 386i MUST run yellow-pages. As best as I could > determine, the system must be configured as a master server with no > clients. As far as I can tell there's nothing to prevent one from disabling all the stuff Sun put in to make the 386i's "plug and play". This would be a lot of work, but if you know what you're doing it should be possible to make the 386i act just like any other Sun you're used to. If you think you're going to add more 386i's to your network though I'd think twice before doing this. I think Sun has done a nice job of integrating the 386i's via NFS. My system is the YP server for our 3-system '386 network and this has not caused me any problems. > A related question: as a master server with no clients, why > doesn't SNAP work? Even root cannot do anything but backup > and restore. I haven't had the problem you describe, but I have had some problems with SNAP (e.g. our site requires that user id be same as badge number, but SNAP tries to generate its own user id). SNAP is a neat idea but it needs some work - I generally don't use it. Read the manual called "Sun386i Advanced Administration" - included with the Programmers Guides manual set. It contains all the information you need to administer your system without using SNAP. - Glenn Roberts, The MITRE Corp., McLean VA (703)-883-6820 gfr%wolfgang@gateway.mitre.org
guven@indiana.relay.cs.net (Guven Guzeldere) (01/18/89)
I came up with similar questions to yours today and the Sun engineers are not very prompt in responding - so let me ask you one question, hoping that you've already dealt with it. We are trying to set up a mini-network by connecting two 386i's together. These machines were both used as standalones before. So I tried to setup one of them as the master server and failed. My SNAP window doesn't have a POLICIES option, so I can't see if there is Automatic System Installation enabled. I am in the "wheel" group and I think I need to be in the "network" group to use SNAP for administrative tasks. I couldn't find further info on this. If you've experimented with your 386i, I thought you might be able to help. Sorry for offering more questions rather than solutions! Guven Guzeldere Dept. of Philosophy Indiana University guven@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu