Enabling / Configuring a DNS Client in Solaris 11+

svccfg -s network/dns/client setprop config/search = astring:domain.com
svccfg -s network/dns/client setprop config/nameserver = net_address: "(8.8.8.8 4.4.4.4)"
svccfg -s name-service/switch 'setprop config/host="files dns"'
svccfg -s network/dns/client setprop config/search=domain.com
svccfg -s dns/client 'setprop config/options = "timeout:1 attempts:1"'
svcadm refresh network/dns/client name-service/switch
svcadm restart network/dns/client name-service/switch

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