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When I first ran through the installation process, I didn't really know
what to set as my domain name, since I really just have a hodgepodge of
computers and a little dinky "cable modem router" (basically a switch with
a DHCP server . I figured I might actually use the box that I installed
Gentoo on as a DNS server at some point... but I digress.

The point is, I skipped the step (part of #19) in the install doc
(http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml) that told me to set
my domainname by issuing the command:
|| # echo mydomain.com > /etc/dnsdomainname

So, now that I'm trying to get my Gentoo box to be my webserver,
mailserver, etc., I figured it might actually be of some benefit to have a
domain name set (mainly because it says so in the local email setup doc at
http://dev.gentoo.org/~spider/local-...al-email.html).

So I issues the command:
|| ayla / $ echo home > /etc/dnsdomainname

and then I rebooted. But apparently my domainname didn't stick:

|| ayla / $ cat /etc/dnsdomainname
|| home
|| ayla / $ domainname
|| (none)

Am I doing something wrong? Do I even really need to set a domain name?

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Lenroc

Lenroc wrote:

> Am I doing something wrong? Do I even really need to set a domain name?

Try 'rc-update add domainname default', then 'rc' as root user.

--
PeKaJe

Using TSO is like kicking a dead whale down the beach.
-- S.C. Johnson

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:38:02 +0000, Peter Jensen wrote:

> Try 'rc-update add domainname default', then 'rc' as root user.

Thanks for the reply.

'rc-update show' already listed domainname in the boot runlevel. Adding it
to the default runlevel, issuing an 'rc' command (which I must admit I
don't know what it does...), and even rebooting left me with the same
problem (issuing the command 'domainname' prints '(none)').

I also tried removing 'domainname' from my boot runlevel, issuing 'rc',
and rebooting again. Same problem.

I'm sure it's just a fundamental misunderstanding on my part... I really
have no idea what I'm doing here!

--
Lenroc

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:36:51 -0700, Lenroc wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:38:02 +0000, Peter Jensen wrote:
>
>> Try 'rc-update add domainname default', then 'rc' as root user.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> 'rc-update show' already listed domainname in the boot runlevel. Adding it
> to the default runlevel, issuing an 'rc' command (which I must admit I
> don't know what it does...), and even rebooting left me with the same
> problem (issuing the command 'domainname' prints '(none)').
>
> I also tried removing 'domainname' from my boot runlevel, issuing 'rc',
> and rebooting again. Same problem.
>
> I'm sure it's just a fundamental misunderstanding on my part... I really
> have no idea what I'm doing here!

Hi,

Ran into the self same problem, and read somewhere that it could be fixed
by manually editing /etc/hosts.

FWIW, here's mine:

# /etc/hosts: This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
# "named" name server. Just add the names, addresses
# and any aliases to this file...
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/hosts,v 1.7 2002/11/18 19:39:22 azarah Exp $
#

#127.0.0.1 lundy localhost
#192.168.10.106 lundy.cathcart localhost

127.0.0.1 lundy.cathcart lundy localhost

The first 2 lines exhibited the problem you are having, but the third line
fixed it.

Not sure why though.....

HTH
--

jondotrogersatntlworlddotcom

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 22:21:46 +0000, Jon wrote:

> Ran into the self same problem, and read somewhere that it could be fixed
> by manually editing /etc/hosts [and adding 'hostname'.'domainname' as an
> alias for 127.0.0.1].

After doing this, I noticed that when I boot up the computer, I'm greated
with "This is ayla.home"...

However, issuing the command 'domainname' from the shell still prints out
"(none)"...

I don't know how long ago it started referring to itself as 'ayla.home'
(it's correct hostname & domainname), because I have not logged in locally
since I first got SSH running...

--
Lenroc

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 02:29:07 -0700, Lenroc wrote:
>
> and then I rebooted. But apparently my domainname didn't stick:
>
> || ayla / $ cat /etc/dnsdomainname
> || home
> || ayla / $ domainname
> || (none)
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Do I even really need to set a domain name?

I'm not sure, but I _did_ complete the steps to set a domainname on my pc
and domainname also gives met this:

|| theblackdragon@bdp theBlackDragon $ domainname
|| (none)

But looking at "man domainname" makes me think you just got the wrong
command, these are the "domainname" commands:

hostname - show or set the system's host name
domainname - show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name
dnsdomainname - show the system's DNS domain name
nisdomainname - show or set system's NIS/YP domain name
ypdomainname - show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name
nodename - show or set the system's DECnet node name

seeing as you are trying to set the DNSdomainname I'd think you need
dnsdomainname to get at your domainname, like this:

|| theblackdragon@bdp theBlackDragon $ dnsdomainname
|| ca.tc

HTH

theBlackDragon

On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 22:26:49 +0100, theBlackDragon wrote:

> But looking at "man domainname" makes me think you just got the wrong
> command, these are the "domainname" commands:
>
> hostname - show or set the system's host name
> domainname - show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name
> dnsdomainname - show the system's DNS domain name
[...]
> seeing as you are trying to set the DNSdomainname I'd think you need
> dnsdomainname to get at your domainname, like this:

That's probably it right there.

My man pages don't show any of that ('man domainname' shows me info on
'hostname', and nothing as specific as what you show...). I must admit I
don't know what a NIS/YP domain name is. But since my Gentoo box is
performing well on the network, I guess if I need to know at some point I
can look it up

Thanks

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Lenroc