Can Host ID be changed on Solaris 10

Question

Recently upgraded an Ultra 10 from Solaris 2.6 to Solaris 10.
Problem:
We use an application that is no longer supported by the manufacturer. The application ran on the Ultra when it had Solaris 2.6. It required a specific host ID because it was originally licensed on a much older system. We cannot get a new license authorization for the application because the company is no longer in business.
To get around this, we used a program called "hid2" to change the host ID of the system. This temporarily changed the host ID on the Ultra and allowed the application to run.
After installing Solaris 10, I run the command "hid2 newhostid", and I get an error "cannot read namelist out of /dev/ksyms". The command to change the host ID is "hid2 newhostid" where newhostid is the ID required by the application.
Is this something with Solaris 10? It worked with the same hardware when the OS was Solaris 2.6.
I need an excutable program like hid2 because I'm not knowledgeable enough to compile C programs. There are several available on other websites but those that are excutabiles didn't work..
Does anyone know what to do? Do I need to install an older version of the OS? I've used 10 a little on a x86 system and like it. I'd like to upgrade this Ultra to 10.
Thank you.
jdw

Answer 1

Jonathan,
Keep in mind that the hints given in that Squirrel.Com link work for OBP 3.x systems, only.
When the time comes that you migrate to the next, newer system, it'll likely have an OBP design of 4.x or 5.x or 6.x, and the procedure will NOT work. The mkpl functions were deliberately removed by Sun.
So... it may now be the time to start a budget line item to save up to replace that software. Perhaps find a program that can take advantage of 21st Century computing, with 64bit and CMT architecture. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_smile.gif" border=0 alt="Smile">