Re: [gentoo-user] hostname and domainname

[Dale <dalek@exceedtech.net>]

Bayrouni wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> cat /etc/conf.d.hostname
> # /etc/conf.d/hostname
>
> # Set to the hostname of this machine
> HOSTNAME="MYHOST"
>
> and cat /etc/conf.d/domainname
> DNSDOMAIN="MYDOMAIN"
>
> The hostname service is added to the /etc/init.d/ with rc-update,
>
> but the commande hostname give:
> #hostname
> MYHOST
>
> and
> # hostname -f
> MYHOST
>
> I tried to add the domainname service:
> sudo rc-update add domainname default
>  * rc-update: '/etc/init.d/domainname' not found; aborting
>
> What is wrong or missing  in my configuration ?
>
> Thanks
>   

This is how I have mine set to smoker:

> # /etc/conf.d/hostname
>
> # Set to the hostname of this machine
> HOSTNAME="smoker"

Replace smoker with the name you want.  I would assume the domainname
would be set the same way.

Hope that helps.

Dale

:-)  :-)  :-)


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