HP-UX Internet Services Administrator's Guide (August 2003)

Installing and Configuring Internet Services
Configuring the Internet Services Software
Chapter 234
2. Change the IP_ADDRESS[
n
] variable in the
/etc/rc.config.d/netconf file to the new IP address.
3. If the host is on a network that uses BIND, change the host’s IP
address in the data files of the authoritative name servers. See
“Configuring and Administering the BIND Name Service” in the
HP-UX IP Address and Client Management Administrator’s Guide at
the URL
http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/netcom/index.html#Internet%2
0Services for more information.
If the host is on a network that uses NIS, change itsIP address in the
/etc/hosts file on the NIS master server, and issue the following
commands to regenerate the hosts database and push it out to the
NIS slave servers:
cd var/yp
/usr/ccs/bin/make hosts
If the host is on a network that uses NIS+, use the nistbladm
command to change the host’s IP address in the NIS+ hosts table.
Type man 1 nistbladm at the HP-UX prompt for more information.
4. If the host is moving to a different subnet, change the
ROUTE_DESTINATION, ROUTE_GATEWAY, and BROADCAST_ADDRESS[
n
]
variables in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf.
If the host is moving to a network that uses a different subnet mask,
change the SUBNET_MASK[
n
] variable in
/etc/rc.config.d/netconf.
5. If the host is moving to a different network, you may have to
configure new routes for it. See “Configuring a Route” on page 32.
6. If the host is on a network that uses gated, change its IP address on
all the gated routers. See “Configuring gated” in the HP-UX Routing
Services Administrator’s Guide at the URL
http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/netcom/index.html#Internet%2
0Services for more information.
7. If the host is a BOOTP client, change its IP address in the
/etc/bootptab file on the BOOTP server. If the host is a BOOTP
server, and a BOOTP relay agent is configured to relay boot requests
to the host, change the host’s IP address in the /etc/bootptab file
on the BOOTP relay agent. See “Configuring TFTP and BOOTP
Servers” in theHP-UX Remote AccessServices Administrator’s Guide