i can't recall if i've asked this before, but if I want to change the default/first mac address of a nic from the factory, I believe I can use 'ifconfig xxx ether ....', but is there an equivalent with dladm? (I don't think so, but just wondering if i've just missed it)

apparently yep, ifconfig seems to be only way.

wonder if that'd be worth a ticket

i guess so, I mean, ifconfig is assuming hostname.xxx files, but that does not fit into the dladm/ipadm world...

though related, one thing that's fairly annoying is that since many dladm properties can only be set while nothing is using it (e.g. no IP interface created over it), that can make it overly cumbersome to change properties (often have to tear down all the configuration, make the change, then rebuild it all).... i wonder if having some sort of 'apply on next reboot' flag for that would be useful

in such cases it should do the proper restart dance for ipadm service imo.

hrm..

this build of rsync doesn't preserve ZFS acls

anyone know if it's just a matter of build options, or if it just doesn't support them on illumos?

jbk: use posix acls..

.. or it probably wont work :)

posix-draft acls do not work on zfs

most likely rsync needs to be taught about NFSv4 acls.

jbk: I don't know if it's fully accurate for illumos, but docs.oracle.com/cd/E88353_01/html/E37853/ifconfig-7.html is the Solaris ifconfig -> *adm cheat sheet, and it suggests "dladm set-linkprop -p mac-address=addr"

dladm: warning: cannot get link property 'mac-address' for e1000g0: object not found

e1000g0 mac-address ? ? ? ?

implemented after the fork.

Ah, yep:

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:01:19 -0700

Subject: PSARC/2010/392 New dladm "mac-address" linkprop

but apparently while the bug db was still updating: illumos.org/opensolaris/bugdb/bug.html#!6404916

→ OpenSolaris issue 6404916: Need a fool proof way to find mac address for an interface (Fix Delivered)