Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

["Anthony E. Caudel" <acaudel@gt.rr.com>]

Alexander Skwar wrote:
> Anthony E. Caudel schrieb:
>> 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?
> 
> See net.example.
> 
> # Setting name/domain server causes /etc/resolv.conf to be overwritten
> # Note that if DHCP is used, and you want this to take precedence then
> # set dhcp_ESSID="nodns"
> #dns_servers_ESSID=( "192.168.0.1" "192.168.0.2" )
> #dns_domain_ESSID="some.domain"
> [...]
> #nis_domain_eth0="domain"
> 
> 
> The domainname is set with dns_domain or nis_domain.
> 
> Alexander Skwar

But setting my domainname this way overwrites my /etc/resolv.conf and I
lose my nameserver data.
(This is noted in /etc/conf.d/net.example)

Tony
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