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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: What is up with the new "domainname" situation?
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:43:05
Message-Id: 20060919093510.7153f2c4@krikkit.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: What is up with the new "domainname" situation? by Mick
1 On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:12:13 +0100, Mick wrote:
2
3 > > /etc/issue sets the login output. A \o in there is replaced by the NIS
4 > > domain, \O by the DNS domain.
5 >
6 > # cat /etc/issue
7 > This is \n.\O (\s \m \r) \t
8 >
9 > So, it should read my DNS domain name. But it doesn't.
10 >
11 > > > Unlike Alex's earlier example I do not need to set up DNS servers
12 > > > addresses, or other IP addresses as these are picked up by the
13 > > > dhcpcd server from my hardware router.
14
15 Have you set the dns_domain in conf.d/net?
16
17 > i.e. as far as my laptop is concerned the router (192.168.0.1) is the
18 > dns server.
19 >
20 > > Does your router set the domain correctly? What does "hostname -d"
21 > > give?
22 >
23 > I'm afraid it gives nothing!
24
25 It sounds like dns_domain is not set.
26
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29 Neil Bothwick
30
31 Ralph's Observation - It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object
32 to realize that you are in a hurry.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: What is up with the new "domainname" situation? "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@×××××.net>