[gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

[gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

[Elias Probst]

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Hi,

I never stumbled across this, because I mostly use DHCP for my network setup.

It looks like it's not possible setting the domainname on Gentoo using
dns_domain_eth0="foobar"
or
dns_domain="foobar"
In /etc/conf.d/net.eth0 or /etc/conf.d/net
This variable seems to be just ignored and I couldn't track down so far where 
exactly this happens.

Did anyone experience this too and knows how to make it work again?
I'm using baselayout-1.12.9-r2

Regards, Elias P.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

On Friday 13 July 2007 12:09, Elias Probst wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I never stumbled across this, because I mostly use DHCP for my network
> setup.
>
> It looks like it's not possible setting the domainname on Gentoo using
> dns_domain_eth0="foobar"
> or
> dns_domain="foobar"
> In /etc/conf.d/net.eth0 or /etc/conf.d/net

The file is /etc/conf.d/net, not /etc/conf.d/net.eth0 (you're probably 
confusing it with the initscript under /etc/init.d).

> This variable seems to be just ignored and I couldn't track down so
> far where exactly this happens.
>
> Did anyone experience this too and knows how to make it work again?
> I'm using baselayout-1.12.9-r2

If you're talking about the "hostname -d" command and the \O parameter 
inside /etc/issue not working, then this is an old problem (for me at 
least). 
To get it working, I had to put the fqdn of the box into /etc/hosts, eg

a.b.c.d  host.domain.tld   host

since configuring the domain as per the handbook (ie, 
inside /etc/conf.d/net using dns_domain_lo) has never worked for me. To 
be honest, a few paragraphs below, the handbook also tells you to put 
the fqdn into /etc/hosts.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

[Elias Probst]

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On Friday 13 July 2007 12:48:16 Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
> If you're talking about the "hostname -d" command and the \O parameter
> inside /etc/issue not working, then this is an old problem (for me at
> least).
> To get it working, I had to put the fqdn of the box into /etc/hosts, eg
>
> a.b.c.d  host.domain.tld   host
>
> since configuring the domain as per the handbook (ie,
> inside /etc/conf.d/net using dns_domain_lo) has never worked for me. To
> be honest, a few paragraphs below, the handbook also tells you to put
> the fqdn into /etc/hosts.

Didn't get it working using the entry in /etc/hosts too. My current setup:

/etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 hostname hostname.domain.local localhost

/etc/conf.d/net
dns_domain="domain.local"
tried also:
dns_domain_lo="domain.local"

I don't mind whether there is .(none) when evaluation /etc/issue, it's about 
having a proper system setup and if this doesn't work, it should be removed 
from the Gentoo handbook. So I'm trying to find out what causes this and fix 
it if possible.

Regards, Elias P.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

[Norberto Bensa]

Elias Probst wrote:
> /etc/hosts:
> 127.0.0.1 hostname hostname.domain.local localhost

It's:

IP fqdn hostname [aliases...]

example:

127.0.0.1 hosname.domain.local localhost hostname


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Re: [gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

On Friday 13 July 2007 13:04, Elias Probst wrote:

> Didn't get it working using the entry in /etc/hosts too. My current
> setup:
>
> /etc/hosts:
> 127.0.0.1 hostname hostname.domain.local localhost

Sorry, I forgot to say that the entries MUST be in this exact order:

127.0.0.1   hostname.domain.local   hostname    localhost

(ie, the fqdn must come first)
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Re: [gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

[Elias Probst]

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Am Freitag, 13. Juli 2007 13:14:18 schrieb Norberto Bensa:
> Elias Probst wrote:
> > /etc/hosts:
> > 127.0.0.1 hostname hostname.domain.local localhost
>
> It's:
>
> IP fqdn hostname [aliases...]
>
> example:
>
> 127.0.0.1 hosname.domain.local localhost hostname

Ok, thank you! Now it works.
But I'm still wondering about the variable in conf.d/net.
It seems this variable is totally useless.

Regards, Elias P.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

[Dan Farrell]

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:29:09 +0200
Elias Probst <mail@eliasprobst.eu> wrote:


> > 127.0.0.1 hosname.domain.local localhost hostname
> 
> Ok, thank you! Now it works.
> But I'm still wondering about the variable in conf.d/net.
> It seems this variable is totally useless.

Do you think your server-supplied DHCP settings overrode what you set in
conf.d?
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