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NETSTRATEGY 8 "May 5, 2007"
NAME
netstrategy - return network configuration information
SYNOPSIS

/sbin/netstrategy
DESCRIPTION

The netstrategy command determines the network configuration strategy in use on a system and returns information in a form that is easily consumable by a script. The command returns three tokens:

<root filesystem type> <primary interface> <network config strategy>

These tokens are described as follows: <root filesystem type>

Type of filesystem that contains the bootable kernel, as would be specified in the fstype column of the mnttab(5).

<primary interface>

Name of the primary network interface. For a diskless machine, this is the interface used to load the kernel.

<network config strategy>

The means by which a system obtains its IP address for booting. This can be one of rarp, dhcp, or none.

The netstrategy command is not intended for use on a command line.

OPTIONS

The netstrategy command has no options.

EXIT STATUS
0

Success.

!=0

An error occurred.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Evolving
SEE ALSO

mnttab (5), attributes (7), ifconfig (8)