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From: Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: DNSDOMAIN in /etc/conf.d/domainname has no effect?
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 17:51:05
Message-Id: 44773D72.9040007@mid.email-server.info
In Reply to: Re: DNSDOMAIN in /etc/conf.d/domainname has no effect? (was: [gentoo-user] "hostname -d" returns no domainname) by Zac Slade
1 Zac Slade wrote:
2 > On Friday 26 May 2006 08:25, Alexander Skwar wrote:
3
4 >> But I wonder what this DNSDOMAIN setting in /etc/conf.d/domainname is
5 >> supposed to do. Because of
6 > It sets the domain in /etc/resolv.conf
7
8 No, it doesn't.
9
10 >> # When setting up resolv.conf, what should take precedence?
11 >> # If you wish to always override DHCP/whatever, set this to 1.
12 >> OVERRIDE=1
13 >>
14 >> I thought that this setting would have an effect. Seems not so...
15 > This will determin whether DHCP will be allowed to replace your domain
16 > statement in /etc/resolv.conf.
17
18 That's not what happens.
19
20 alexander@blatt ~ $ grep -v -e '#' -e '^$' /etc/conf.d/domainname
21 OVERRIDE=1
22 DNSDOMAIN="bei.digitalprojects.com"
23 NISDOMAIN="bei.digitalprojects.com"
24
25 alexander@blatt ~ $ cat /etc/resolv.conf
26 # Generated by dhcpcd for interface ath0
27 search bei.digitalprojects.com
28 nameserver 192.168.1.1
29 nameserver 195.202.32.79
30 nameserver 82.207.232.1
31 nameserver 213.160.0.1
32
33 > I hope this clears it up.
34
35 Nope :(
36
37 Alexander Skwar
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39 Q: What happens when four WASPs find themselves in the same room?
40 A: A dinner party.
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