How do I change an existing ip address in solaris

[Stewart Stremler]

begin  quoting Nestor as of Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 07:30:13PM -0700:
> 
> I did it about 6 years ago when I used to work 

What is "it"? 

> in Solaris, but I do not remember how to change 
> the ip address in a solaris box.  I was using 

You change the appropriate entry in the /etc/hosts file, or you 
edit the /etc/hostname.<interface> file to use a different name
(with a different IP address in the /etc/hosts file).

> solaris 2.5  in the old days and I need it for 
> solaris 5.x box.
 
 SunOS    1, 2, 3, 4, 5,   5.6, 5.7, 5.8
 Solaris           1, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 8  

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-Stewart "Already Confused by Sun's Marketing Department" Stremler