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From: Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: What is up with the new "domainname" situation?
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:54:14
Message-Id: 9acccfe50609170745q5d8225c9n4f72e211f1c0b036@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: What is up with the new "domainname" situation? by Mick
1 On 9/17/06, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On Sunday 17 September 2006 13:43, Alexander Skwar wrote:
3 > > · Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>:
4 > > > On Sunday 17 September 2006 09:21, Neil Bothwick wrote:
5 > > >> On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:50:28 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
6 > > >> > > It makes very little sense to ditch the unix norm of setting a
7 > > >> > > systemwide domain name in favor of doing it per interface!
8 > > >> >
9 > > >> > True. And that's probably why you don't *have* to set it per
10 > > >> > interface.
11 > > >>
12 > > >> Exactly, the current system gives the choice of setting it globally or
13 > > >> per-interface in the same file.
14 > > >
15 > > > Can you please guide me how to set it up globally?
16 > >
17 > > It's all in /etc/conf.d/net.example.
18 > >
19 > > > I am not sure I can follow
20 > > > the otherwise well commented /etc/conf.d/net.
21 > >
22 > > What problems do you have specifically?
23 > > What did you try?
24 > > What was the expected outcome and what did you get in reality?
25 >
26 > I saw this: # dns_domain_eth0="your.domain" in the /etc/conf.d/net.example and
27 > added: dns_domain="STUDY"
28 >
29 > but still .none comes up:
30 >
31 > # domainname
32 > (none)
33 >
34
35 I have to join in the confusion too. Reading the examples I come to the same
36 conclusion that I should be able to put
37 dns_domain="kosmanor.com"
38 in /etc/conf.d/net and have it work. It does not, and I get the same
39 result as Mick.
40
41 As I have static IP's and a single domain I see no point in
42 per-interface domains, but
43 if I used them, what in the world could I expect domainname(1) to tell me?
44
45 It seems to me the most common setups are DHCP or something like mine, and I
46 would hope the documentation was clear for those common cases.
47 --
48 Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
49
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[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: What is up with the new "domainname" situation? Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>