NAME

kdmconfig − configure or unconfigure keyboard, display, and mouse options for OpenWindows and internationalization

SYNOPSIS

kdmconfig −c | −u [ −s host ] [ −v ] [ −f ]

AVAILABILITY

x86

SUNWos86r

DESCRIPTION

The kdmconfig program configures or unconfigures the /etc/defaultkb and /etc/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig files with the keyboard, display and mouse information relevant to a client’s machine. It can also be used to set up the display, pointer, and keyboard entries in the bootparams database on a server machine. 

The kdmconfig program is not normally run from a shell prompt, except when run with the −s option.  When configuring a client during an initial installation or reconfigure reboot, the sysidconfig(1M) program will invoke kdmconfig with the −c option, and when the user executes the sys-unconfig(1M) program, kdmconfig will be executed with the −u option. 

OPTIONS

The valid options are:

−c Run the program in the configuration mode. This mode is used to create or update the defaultkb and OWconfig files. When invoked in this way, kdmconfig first looks for the relevant configuration information in the bootparams databases. The bootparams databases available to the client are all of the /etc/bootparams files on servers on the same subnet as the client, provided the server machine is running the bootparamd(1M) daemon.  kdmconfig is invoked with the −c option when called by sysidconfig. 

−u Unconfigure the system, returning it to an "out-of-the-box" state. In this state, the factory default keyboard, mouse and display are selected as a result of removing the /etc/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig and /etc/defaultkb files. 

−s client Set up the bootparams database on this machine for the specified client.  This option presents the same screens as it does when run on a client, but instead writes the resulting information to the /etc/bootparams file.  Either the −c or the −u option must be used in conjuction with the −s option. Also, −s implies the use of the −f option.  That is, the program will always present the screens to the user when invoked this way.  This option will reconfigure the nsswitch.conf file to look for a bootparams database on a local server.  This option is only available to the superuser. 

−v Enable verbose mode.  Normally, kdmconfig will not produce any output.  This option is helpful for debugging, as it records the different actions taken by kdmconfig on stderr. 

−f Force screens mode.  When invoked with −f, no network probing will be performed.  This is helpful when debugging the client’s configuration environment.  Note that the −s option implies the use of −f, bypassing network probing when setting up a server. 

FILES

/etc/defaultkb
/etc/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig
/etc/bootparams
/etc/nsswitch.conf

SEE ALSO

admintool(1M), bootparamd(1M), sys-unconfig(1M), sysidconfig(1M), bootparams(4)

NOTES

The −s option is an uncommitted option, and may be replaced by functionality in the admintool(1M) hostmanager functions in a later release of Solaris. 

SunOS 5.5  —  Last change: 8 December 1993