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 1GDaGk-0004IC-PO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:18:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7H5FHpW021891; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:15:17 GMT Received: from hetzner.email-server.info (new.email-server.info [213.133.109.44]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7H5B0bF004843 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:11:00 GMT Received: by hetzner.email-server.info (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 96BCE3991A; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:12:53 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Tests: AWL=-0.560,BAYES_00=-2.599,INFO_TLD=1.273 X-Spam-Contact: Contact Address X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3-gr1 (2006-06-01) on hetzner.email-server.info X-Spam-Relays: Trusted=, Untrusted=[ ip=88.130.95.174 rdns=mue-88-130-95-174.dsl.tropolys.de helo=!192.168.1.244! by=hetzner.email-server.info ident= envfrom= intl=0 id=C4D193991D auth= ] X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: Score=0.0000, Tokens=Tokens: new, 16; hammy, 114; neutral, 48; spammy, 3., Hammy=0.000-+--schrieb, 0.000-+--UD:conf, 0.000-+--H*M:mid, 0.000-+--H*r:sk:mue-88-, 0.000-+--H*RU:sk:mue-88-, Spammy=0.895-+--H*r:sk:hetzner, 0.889-+--UD:info, 0.878-+--half X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,INFO_TLD autolearn=no version=3.1.3-gr1 X-Spam-Externals: DCC Brand "_DCCB_", Result _DCCR_ - Pyzor=_PYZOR_, RBL _RBL_ Received: from [192.168.1.244] (mue-88-130-95-174.dsl.tropolys.de [88.130.95.174]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hetzner.email-server.info (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4D193991D for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:12:42 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <44E3FA58.7060405@mid.email-server.info> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:10:48 +0200 From: Alexander Skwar User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060728) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname References: <44E37755.5010800@gt.rr.com> <44E37A3B.4060903@comcast.net> <44E39107.5050609@gt.rr.com> <44E3AEB8.3080608@infoave.net> <44E3BAD4.1030802@gt.rr.com> <44E3C477.1050809@infoave.net> In-Reply-To: <44E3C477.1050809@infoave.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 0a870f53-1696-46ca-8a61-69c1b4f9ddea X-Archives-Hash: 0e4fd25fa4e4a6ef4518c3ada84ea726 Phil Sexton schrieb: > Anthony E Caudel wrote: >> Phil Sexton wrote: >> >>>Anthony E Caudel wrote: >>> >>>>Mike wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Anthony E. Caudel wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>As of baselayout-1.12.4, the domainname init script is no longer used >>>>>>and the Gentoo Handbook no longer tells how to set the domainname. >>>>>>domainname now returns "(none)" >>>>>> >>>>>>/etc/conf.d/net.example talks about setting up dns_domain but if >>>>>>this is >>>>>>used, it overwrites /etc/resolv.conf. >>>>>> >>>>>>So how is the domainname now set? >>>>>> >>>>>>Tony >>>>> >>>>>/etc/hosts ? >>>> >>>> >>>>Well, perhaps. It is in my /etc/hosts. But domainname still returns >>>>(none) >>>> >>>>Tony >>> >>>You should stop using /etc/hostname and use /etc/conf.d/hostname >>> >> >> >> I don't use /etc/hostname and I DO use /etc/conf.d/hostname. What has >> this to do with the domainname? Are they both set there? >> >> Tony > > I thought domainname was set in /etc/hosts. No, it's not. NIS doesn't use /etc/hosts for these things. > Here is my /etc/conf.d/hostname: > # Set to the hostname of this machine > HOSTNAME="uilleann.fancypiper.info" That's not a hostname. A hostname has no dots (.). Alexander Skwar -- you are baked Espy: only half so -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list