Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: What is up with the new "domainname" situation?

["Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman@gmail.com>]

On 9/17/06, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 17 September 2006 13:43, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> > · Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>:
> > > On Sunday 17 September 2006 09:21, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > >> On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:50:28 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> > >> > > It makes very little sense to ditch the unix norm of setting a
> > >> > > systemwide domain name in favor of doing it per interface!
> > >> >
> > >> > True. And that's probably why you don't *have* to set it per
> > >> > interface.
> > >>
> > >> Exactly, the current system gives the choice of setting it globally or
> > >> per-interface in the same file.
> > >
> > > Can you please guide me how to set it up globally?
> >
> > It's all in /etc/conf.d/net.example.
> >
> > > I am not sure I can follow
> > > the otherwise well commented /etc/conf.d/net.
> >
> > What problems do you have specifically?
> > What did you try?
> > What was the expected outcome and what did you get in reality?
>
> I saw this: # dns_domain_eth0="your.domain" in the /etc/conf.d/net.example and
> added: dns_domain="STUDY"
>
> but still .none comes up:
>
> # domainname
> (none)
>

I have to join in the confusion too.  Reading the examples I come to the same
conclusion that I should be able to put
    dns_domain="kosmanor.com"
in /etc/conf.d/net and have it work.  It does not, and I get the same
result as Mick.

As I have static IP's and a single domain I see no point in
per-interface domains, but
if I used them, what in the world could I expect domainname(1) to tell me?

It seems to me the most common setups are DHCP or something like mine, and I
would hope the documentation was clear for those common cases.
-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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