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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname
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Graham Murray wrote:
> Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name> writes:
>
>> You should use /etc/conf.d/net to set the domainname.
>
> So why does /etc/conf.d.net.example state
>
> # For configuring system specifics such as domain, dns, ntp and nis servers
> # It's rare that you would need todo this, but you can anyway.
> # This is most benefit to wireless users who don't use DHCP so they can change
> # their configs based on ESSID. See wireless.example for more details
>
> This implies that using /etc/conf.d/net to set domain name, dns and
> ntp parameters should be the exception rather than the norm. That
> 'fixed' (not portable) systems with wired connections would not use
> /etc/conf.d/net to set these parameters.
Sorry, but I disagree with this interpretation. The way I read it, it
says that in the rare case that one should wish to change things such as
domain, DNS, etc, one should use /etc/conf.d/net, but that a wireless
user is more likely to need/want such configurability than a typical
desktop user is.
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