Setting system initial parameters

This is a quick reminder on how to set system initial parameters like hostname, root password and networking. This routine runs directly at install time, right after the first boot and gives the newly created system all the required settings. It can come handy if you have just installed a VM (HP IVM) and have duplicated it by dd and want to change the identity of it.

# set_parms initial

Besides this, there are several options for setting the parameters one by one:

# set_parms hostname 
# set_parms timezone 
# set_parms date_time 
# set_parms ip_address 
# set_parms addl_netwrk
# set_parms locale

For more info look the man page set_parms(1M).