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From: Josh Saddler <nightmorph@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: hb-install-config.xml
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:13:02
Message-Id: E1HQfe2-0003zD-Gq@stork.gentoo.org
1 nightmorph 07/03/12 08:12:38
2
3 Modified: hb-install-config.xml
4 Log:
5 DNS mojo! bug 147358
6
7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.89 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml
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10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml?rev=1.89&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml?rev=1.89&content-type=text/plain
12 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml?r1=1.88&r2=1.89
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14 Index: hb-install-config.xml
15 ===================================================================
16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.88
18 retrieving revision 1.89
19 diff -u -r1.88 -r1.89
20 --- hb-install-config.xml 28 Nov 2006 07:40:38 -0000 1.88
21 +++ hb-install-config.xml 12 Mar 2007 08:12:38 -0000 1.89
22 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
23 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
24 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
25
26 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml,v 1.88 2006/11/28 07:40:38 nightmorph Exp $ -->
27 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml,v 1.89 2007/03/12 08:12:38 nightmorph Exp $ -->
28
29 <sections>
30
31 @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
32 proceed.
33 </abstract>
34
35 -<version>7.6</version>
36 -<date>2006-11-27</date>
37 +<version>7.7</version>
38 +<date>2007-03-11</date>
39
40 <section>
41 <title>Filesystem Information</title>
42 @@ -247,7 +247,10 @@
43 </pre>
44
45 <p>
46 -Second we set the domainname in <path>/etc/conf.d/net</path>:
47 +Second, <e>if</e> you need a domainname, set it in <path>/etc/conf.d/net</path>.
48 +You only need a domain if your ISP or network administrator says so, or if you
49 +have a DNS server but not a DHCP server. You don't need to worry about DNS or
50 +domainnames if your networking is setup for DHCP.
51 </p>
52
53 <pre caption="Setting the domainname">
54 @@ -257,6 +260,12 @@
55 dns_domain_lo="<i>homenetwork</i>"
56 </pre>
57
58 +<note>
59 +If you choose not to set a domainname, you can get rid of the "This is
60 +hostname.(none)" messages at your login screen by editing
61 +<path>/etc/issue</path>. Just delete the string <c>.\O</c> from that file.
62 +</note>
63 +
64 <p>
65 If you have a NIS domain (if you don't know what that is, then you don't have
66 one), you need to define that one too:
67
68
69
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