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

[Drew <drew.kay@gmail.com>]

> Following all instructions results in the console login prompt looking
> something like this:
>
> Linux version(hostname.unknown_domain)
>
> Which looks ludicrous ... it is also expecting domainname [or API
> equivalent] to return something other than "none".
>
> Tom Veldhouse

I don't know if this helps but I was fiddling with setting up 2006.1
and I noted the following...

1) dns_domain="" does nothing for setting the domain name. It appears
to be set via /etc/hosts

2) using "localhost" in /etc/conf.d/hostname will cause the domain
name to default to "none"

3) Setting a hostname in /etc/conf.d/hostname that doesn't match with
an entry in /etc/hosts grabs the domain name of entries that are part
of the same subnet. I don't have multiple interfaces on different
subnets to test other cases of this but it works for me.

My working config (mini.drew.homelinux.com) has the hostname of 'mini'
set in /etc/conf.d/hostname, 'drew.homelinux.com' set in dns_domain=
and mini.drew.homelinux.com listed under /etc/hosts.

Please note this was tested on an amd64 setup with a single ethernet
interface under VMware (running under M$ XP Pro x64).


-Drew
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