Re: TCP/IP domain of the network

From: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels_at_cistron.nl>
Date: 2000/07/01
Message-ID: <8jl2o7$3jt$1@enterprise.cistron.net>#1/1

In article <8jl115$5dt$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>, Gustavo Badauy <gbadauy_at_my-deja.com> wrote:
>Assuming your computer name is computer.mydomain.com
>
>issue: mydomain.com > /etc/domainname
>and you'll be all set. If you can, you reboot yout computer to make
>sure it will load, if you don't want to reboot, do: domainname
>mydomain.com

That is the _NIS_ domainname and it doesn't have anything to do with the DNS domainname. A common point of confusion.

Mike. Received on Sat Jul 01 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT