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On Monday 18 September 2006 14:17, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:47:03 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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> > When I logon I can see in the console: |
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> > "This is lappy.(none) (Linux i686 2.6.7-gentoo-r8) 13.31.51" |
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> > Where is this "(none)" being read from? As in which files and which |
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> > particular entry in that file? |
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> /etc/issue sets the login output. A \o in there is replaced by the NIS |
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> domain, \O by the DNS domain. |
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# cat /etc/issue |
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This is \n.\O (\s \m \r) \t |
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So, it should read my DNS domain name. But it doesn't. |
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> > Unlike Alex's earlier example I do not need to set up DNS servers |
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> > addresses, or other IP addresses as these are picked up by the dhcpcd |
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> > server from my hardware router. |
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i.e. as far as my laptop is concerned the router (192.168.0.1) is the dns |
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server. |
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> Does your router set the domain correctly? What does "hostname -d" give? |
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I'm afraid it gives nothing! |
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# hostname -d |
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# |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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