HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Configuration Management

NOTE: If a system is having trouble communicating with other systems, check that
/etc/rc.config.d/netconf, /var/adm/inetd.sec, and /etc/hosts files all
contain the correct official host name.
Table 2-1 The set_parms Keywords
DescriptionKeyword
Run the entire initial boot-time dialog sequence, in the order hostname, timezone,
date_time, root_passwd, ip_address, addl_network.
initial
Set your unique system or “node” name. This name must contain only alphabetic
characters, numbers, underscores, or dashes, and must start with an alphabetic
character.
The maximum name length is eight characters unless long host names is set, when
the maximum is 255 characters. See “Setting Long Host Names” (page 44) for
details.
hostname
Set the time zone where your system is located. Changing the time zone does not
affect the system clock or file dates, which are always maintained in Universal Time
(UT).
timezone
Set the current date and time for the time zone. See “Setting the System Clock”
(page 40) for important details.
date_time
Set the root password if the current password is null, usually when the system is
first initialized. Otherwise, it does nothing.
root_passwd
Set the internet protocol (IP) address. If networking is installed, this is an address
with four numeric components, each of which is separated by a period with each
number between 0 and 255. For example the IP address of example.com is:
192.0.34.166.
If you do not have networking installed, you will not be prompted for the IP address.
ip_address
Set additional network parameters. These allow you to configure additional network
parameters, such as the subnetwork mask, network gateway, network gateway IP
address, local domain name, Domain Name System (DNS) server host name, DNS
server IP address and Network Information Service domain name.
addl_netwrk
Configure local language settings. You can select the language from a menu provided
by set_parms or enter a new language (not shown in the menu) by selecting
Others. set_parms will verify that a user-specified language is installed. If not,
you must install the language before you can use it with set_parms.
locale
Customizing System-Wide and User Login Environments
Defaults for system-wide variables, such as time-zone setting, terminal type, search
path, and mail and news notification, can be set in /etc/profile for POSIX and Korn
shell users and in /etc/csh.login for C shell users.
42 Configuring System Parameters