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 1GDjEr-0002tO-9z for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:52:53 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7HEoj51011606; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:50:45 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 k7HEljJa014348 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:47:45 GMT Received: by hetzner.email-server.info (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 02C5339B6D; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:49:42 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Tests: AWL=0.081,BAYES_00=-2.599 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=7DE3039A2F auth= ] X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: Score=0.0000, Tokens=Tokens: new, 12; hammy, 118; neutral, 60; spammy, 2., Hammy=0.000-+--schrieb, 0.000-+--H*M:mid, 0.000-+--H*r:sk:mue-88-, 0.000-+--H*RU:sk:mue-88-, 0.000-+--H*p:U*listen, Spammy=0.949-+--spirit, 0.895-+--H*r:sk:hetzner X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3-gr1 X-Spam-Externals: DCC Brand "_DCCB_", Result _DCCR_ - Pyzor=_PYZOR_, RBL [213.133.109.44] 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 7DE3039A2F for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:49:30 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <44E48186.7060509@mid.email-server.info> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:47:34 +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> <44E3FA58.7060405@mid.email-server.info> <44E4008E.80600@infoave.net> <44E4063E.4020501@mid.email-server.info> <44E40C9D.5020106@infoave.net> <44E4281E.5050808@mid.email-server.info> <44E4646D.2020700@infoave.net> <44E46879.7080608@infoave.net> <44E46BCF.10108@mid.email-server.info> <44E47321.2060106@infoave.net> <44E47B0F.20601@mid.email-server.info> <44E47DC2.2020709@infoave.net> In-Reply-To: <44E47DC2.2020709@infoave.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: ee004148-f059-42a8-8c4a-d464f3cf4bb7 X-Archives-Hash: d16fe5cdfdea301efe57b402710e6f47 Phil Sexton schrieb: > Alexander Skwar wrote: >> Phil Sexton schrieb: > >>> I didn't think you had to run it manually unless you want to. Can't >>> you call if from >>> >>> /etc/conf.d/local.start >> >> >> Sure, but why do that? Why not use the mechanisms, that Gentoo >> forsees for this? Interestingly, you did not answer this question. Why's that so? >>> I thought that was the purpose of that file, to run stuff you want to >>> on bootup. >> >> >> That's not how I see the file. For me, the file is there to do stuff, >> for which there's no "proper" way. > > Gentoo is the only distribution I have seen use that particular file, What file? /etc/conf.d/net? > so > I consider it one of the "proper" ways to do things I can't figure out > otherwise. You should use /etc/conf.d/net to set the domainname. > There is usually more than one way to "skin a cat" in Linux. True. Some are "with the spirit", some are not so much with the spirit of the distribution. Alexander Skwar -- Patageometry, n.: The study of those mathematical properties that are invariant under brain transplants. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list