From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GDhSF-0008RR-O6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:58:36 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7HCt1p4004984; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:55:01 GMT Received: from forum.psychotherapie.org (s15216962.onlinehome-server.info [217.160.22.205]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7HCpQdL018071 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:51:26 GMT Received: (from uucp@localhost) by forum.psychotherapie.org (8.13.3/8.13.3/SuSE Linux 0.7) with UUCP id k7HCpQ8H032272 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:51:26 +0200 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by metux.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) id k7HCm816017591 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:48:08 +0200 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:48:08 +0200 From: Enrico Weigelt To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname Message-ID: <20060817124808.GB10724@nibiru.local> References: <44E37755.5010800@gt.rr.com> <200608170931.05187.hans-gunther.borrmann@rz.uni-freiburg.de> <44E42983.9080401@mid.email-server.info> <200608171102.10495.hans-gunther.borrmann@rz.uni-freiburg.de> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200608171102.10495.hans-gunther.borrmann@rz.uni-freiburg.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Archives-Salt: 0ab219f2-53eb-4491-b406-e9add4e86e45 X-Archives-Hash: b5f8ee15e3f59a5625b9b0c5e3671cd3 * Hans-Gunther Borrmann wrote: > and from where does my machine get its domain name? The kernel knows it. Of course, it has to be set on each boot. I actually have no idea, how gentoo sets it, but most obviously it will be done by an "dnsdomainname" and "hostname" call. Try a look at the boot scripts. cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list