Hi!

On one of my machines, I've got the problem, that domainname
returns an exit code of 9:

root@dph03:# /usr/bin/domainname ; echo exit code $?
domainname.com.example
exit code 9

Instead of "domainname.com.example" the domainname as set
in /etc/defaultdomain and with

domainname `cat /etc/defaultdomain`

is returned.

Because this exit code is not == 0, I get the following
error when running ypinit:

root@dph03:# ypinit -c
Can't get local host's domain name. Please check your path.

root@dph03:# uname -a
SunOS dph03 5.8 Generic_108528-09 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-60

I found a message on the SunHELP mailing list, saying
that the check for the exitcode in ypinit should be removed,
but that can't be the proper solution, can it?
http://lists.sunhelp.org/pipermail/s...er/014359.html

Same has been suggested at http://groups.google.de/groups?hl=de...L%40bath.ac.uk

I also double checked nsswitch.conf for errors - I compared
it to one on a working Solaris 8 box, and there are no
differences.

Any ideas?

Alexander Skwar
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Alexander Skwar <from@alexander.skwar.name> writes:

>root@dph03:# uname -a
>SunOS dph03 5.8 Generic_108528-09 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-60

>I found a message on the SunHELP mailing list, saying
>that the check for the exitcode in ypinit should be removed,
>but that can't be the proper solution, can it?

It is, actually.

>http://lists.sunhelp.org/pipermail/s...er/014359.html

>Same has been suggested at http://groups.google.de/groups?hl=de...L%40bath.ac.uk

>I also double checked nsswitch.conf for errors - I compared
>it to one on a working Solaris 8 box, and there are no
>differences.

Install a patch:

112138-01: SunOS 5.8:: usr/bin/domainname patch

In comp.unix.solaris Alexander Skwar <from@alexander.skwar.name> wrote:
> Hi!

> On one of my machines, I've got the problem, that domainname
> returns an exit code of 9:

> root@dph03:# /usr/bin/domainname ; echo exit code $?
> domainname.com.example
> exit code 9

Sounds like an old bug, long ago patched to me.

http://www.sunmanagers.org/pipermail...er/000396.html

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Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
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