Topic: smit

• Using SMIT as a command generator instead of a menu system

  smit/smitty menus ultimately run ordinary AIX commands, and the tool is built to show you which ones: the output window displays the constructed command statement, and smit.log/smit.script capture every command and its exact flags with timestamps. Reading smit.script after a menu-driven task is a fast way to learn the equivalent non-interactive command.

  methodology · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

• AIX networking basics: lsdev -Cc adapter, en/et interfaces, smitty tcpip, and netsvc.conf

  AIX exposes each Ethernet adapter as two possible interface types (en for standard Ethernet, et for IEEE 802.3), configures TCP/IP mainly through smitty tcpip / mktcpip rather than a single flat file, and controls name-resolution order with /etc/netsvc.conf or the NSORDER variable; an address set only with ifconfig does not survive a reboot.

  methodology · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

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