server.unkown_domain???why

arachn1d · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:04 pm Post subject: server.unkown_domain???why

I typed

echo server > /etc/hostname

echo wtf-dude.com > /etc/dnsdomainname

yet i get this

server.unkown_domain?? why??
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ank · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:11 pm Post subject:

Try to add in /etc/hosts

192.168.2.101 server.wtf-dude.com server

You must type your IP address of course.

Ateo · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:13 pm Post subject:

Check the file /etc/dnsdomainname to verify the change was made. If it wasn't, add your domain directly to the file.

arachn1d · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:19 pm Post subject:

hmm its like i said

server / domainname

wtf-dude.com / dnsdomainname
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Ateo · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:21 pm Post subject:

I am not sure I understand your last post, but nonetheless, what happens if you do this:

arachn1d · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:25 pm Post subject:

still get server.unkown_domain ( blah blah blah )

when its starting up it looks fine it says setting to >>>

but Because of this error I can't install mysql_db
which makes apache2 not able to run

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arachn1d · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject:

Ateo · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:32 pm Post subject:

Strange. I only have one entry in my hosts file:

arachn1d · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:39 pm Post subject:

can i assign static local ips?

that is under a dynamic global ip.
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Chris W · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:46 pm Post subject:

The /etc/hostname file is only used during system startup to set the system host name (see /etc/init.d/hostname and man hostname). Changing the file after boot will not have an effect unless you re-run the hostname command:

arachn1d · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:54 pm Post subject:

thanks
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Ateo · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:25 pm Post subject:

arachn1d · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 12:11 am Post subject:

how do i do this

*EDIT**EDIT*oh you mean so if my dhcp router sends ip from 0/24 to make my local ip 25.. for example?
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Ateo · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 12:29 am Post subject:

When you configure a dchp server, whether it be a hardware router or dhcpcd for linux, you configure a range of IP addresses to hand out.

Example:

Your network is 192.168.1.0/24. You configure your dhcp server to reserve a range of IPs, let's say, 192.168.1.50 - 192.168.1.100. Since the dhcp server will only hand out those reserved IP addresses, you can use the following IPs however you wish:

192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.49 && 192.168.1.101 - 192.168.1.254, Remember that x.x.x.0 && x.x.x.255 cannot be used as they are reserved for your network identification and broadcast.

To specifically answer your question, yes, you can use .25 if your dhcp server hands out 1-24.

arachn1d · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 1:24 am Post subject:

ah ok thx
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Shadows · Apprentice Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Posts: 178

No folks, you don't have to edit /etc/hosts at all if you just want to configure your domain name.

Domain name configuration is done in /etc/resolv.conf (look at the man pages for that file and read the section that describes the keyword domain). /etc/init.d/domainname takes your domain name specified in /etc/dnsdomainname and creates an appropriate entry in /etc/resolv.conf. Now, /etc/init.d/domainname misses a dependency in his depend-function at the beginning of the script.

Add the line "after net.eth0" to /etc/init.d/domainname:

That's what it looks like before our change:

donesteban · n00b Joined: 25 Jun 2004 Posts: 17

Hi all,

no one of the mentioned solutions do work for me. I seem everybody finds a something strange solution (I do not understand what /etc/host has to do with the domainname settings of a linux system) but for me nothing works.

Could it be the DHCP-Server? The /etc/resolv.conf looks fine after the modifications from Shadows. Like this:
domain my.domain
nameserver router-ip-address
search my.domain

But the domainname comand still shows (none)

This thing drives me nuts. I double checked alle entries and followed the hints in alle threads in the forum. Nix.

I would be happy about any help.

Thanks
Stefan

Shadows · Apprentice Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Posts: 178

I don't know why, but my networking got fucked up again after doing a few changes to my system, too, and even this issue here occured again.

I'm not sure, if it was:
- the change from kernel 2.6.7-r8 -> 2.6.7-r11 (both gen-dev-sources), or
- the change from linux-headers-2.6.7-r? -> linux26-headers-2.6.7-r3 in combination with recompiling glibc, gcc and the kernel

But I think, it has something to do with one of these. I have ~x86 and nptl activated. After changing kernel / headers, recompiling glibc / gcc / kernel many times and finally doing a world-update, things got messed up. Not only the unknown_domain-thing, but another strange behaviour occured:

After logging in with my display manager, it takes a few seconds / minutes, till I can resolve names. Usually, when I quit my KDE-Session, I leave with a bunch of Konqueror windows open with at least 10 tabs each. And when logging in again, everything will be restored and all the pages reloaded into the Konqueror windows / tabs. Now, I can't resolve the dns-names, so every page-request on startup results in an error, i.e.:

donesteban · n00b Joined: 25 Jun 2004 Posts: 17

Hello again,

I did find my own realy stupid mistake. I guess it was that stupid, that not even double-checking helped. Somehow I managed creating a "host" file instead of using the "hosts" file. Than using the command history and...

Sorry and thanks for the help anyway.

Stefan

madhat · n00b Joined: 21 Feb 2005 Posts: 8

Go to http://gentoo-wiki.com/FAQ_Setting_up_your_FQDN it worked for both of my computers.

Hope this helps

JeliJami · Veteran Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 1086 Location: Belgium

wow madhat,

checking old threads that don't have [solved] in the subject, are you? :wink:

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