/etc/hostname and domainname?

Azaghal · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 103

I've been recently reinstalling gentoo, but now I ran into a problem I didn't have before. I apperently had an outdated manual. In the old manual, hostname and domainname would be set by simply putting machine.domain.name in /etc/hostname, and I used this method to reinstall gentoo. But, when I boot up, I get 'welcome to machine.mydomain.(none) blabla'. When checking manual, it now says, machinename goes into /etc/hostname, and domainname in /etc/dnsdomainname. I did this now, but it won't change. I still get when I do $ domainname && echo $domainname ---> (none)

How do I update this? I've been trying everything from etc-update and env-update to exporting $hostname and $domainname.

thanks!

dol-sen · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 12:47 pm Post subject:

Normally it would have to be rebooted to reset the machine name as far as I know.
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Azaghal · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 103

I've of course rebooted quite a few times when trying stuff out. But to no success...

piotraf

Unfortunatelly I don't know which one

Besides - probably that's why I'm missing 'canonical host name' in phpsysinfo - though I didn't have that before the loss so I am just guessing.
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Xeper · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 11:50 pm Post subject:

Guys i have exact the same problem. The machine didnt takes the domainname in /etc/dnsdomainname instead of that its just (none). :roll:

I guess itss a bug 'cause i reinstalled to and before that i didnt had that problem. No resolv for that?? :evil:

btw. domainname has nothing to do with dnsdomainname. domainname is a NIS/YP program. (just for know) :wink:

blade- · n00b Joined: 28 May 2003 Posts: 16

try doing

echo whateverdomain > /etc/dnsdomainname

thats how it is done in install guide

piotraf · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 3:17 pm Post subject:

TheCoop · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 3:19 pm Post subject:

afaik baselayout is responsible for the hostname stuff
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volusene · n00b Joined: 01 Jan 2003 Posts: 2

I first saw the machine.(none) with /etc/issue talking, with the new baselayout.

echo domainname > /etc/nisdomainname fixed it for me.

Azaghal · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 103

Yeah, that will fix it, just as

scmasaru · n00b Joined: 03 Dec 2002 Posts: 36

piotraf · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 2:11 pm Post subject:

[quote="Azaghal"]Yeah, that will fix it, just as

piotraf · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 2:12 pm Post subject:

atac · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 4:21 pm Post subject:

i simply removed ".\o" from /etc/issue
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piotraf · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 5:14 pm Post subject: ??

I dont have any /etc/issue

By the way - I've visited your screenshots - how did you manage to get e17 working?
I tried it twice and all I had was the background pic and no reaction

had to reboot manually to get out.
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atac · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 5:29 pm Post subject:

a little of topic,
but i only merged the latest ebuild at that time (december 2002 i think).
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piotraf · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:01 pm Post subject:

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BigBaaadBob · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 5:30 pm Post subject: