On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:12:13 +0100, Mick wrote:

> > /etc/issue sets the login output. A \o in there is replaced by the NIS
> > domain, \O by the DNS domain.  
> 
> # cat /etc/issue
> This is \n.\O (\s \m \r) \t
> 
> So, it should read my DNS domain name.  But it doesn't.
> 
> > > Unlike Alex's earlier example I do not need to set up DNS servers
> > > addresses, or other IP addresses as these are picked up by the
> > > dhcpcd server from my hardware router.  

Have you set the dns_domain in conf.d/net?

> i.e. as far as my laptop is concerned the router (192.168.0.1) is the
> dns server.
> 
> > Does your router set the domain correctly? What does "hostname -d"
> > give?  
> 
> I'm afraid it gives nothing!

It sounds like dns_domain is not set.


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