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curmudgeon
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 Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 7:51 am Post subject: Where does the domain name come from? |
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| Can someone tell me where /etc/init.d/hostname script (when run at boot) gets the domain name from? |
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Hypnos
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toralf
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 9:59 am Post subject: |
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| Hypnos wrote: | | /etc/conf.d/hostname |
IMHO wrong.
I've : | Code: | tfoerste@n22 ~ $ cat /etc/conf.d/hostname
# Set to the hostname of this machine
hostname="n22"
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and /et/issue shows my domain name if I use "\O" instead the default "\o"[code]:[code]tfoerste@n22 ~ $ cat /etc/issue
This is \n.\O (\s \m \r) \t
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Hypnos
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 10:20 am Post subject: |
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The Gentoo Handbook specifies /etc/conf.d/hostname as the place. If /bin/hostname doesn't show the same hostname after /etc/init.d/hostname is invoked, then that's a bug.
It is true that \O in /etc/issue displays the FQDN, and not just the hostname. This is equivalent to "hostname -f" .
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toralf
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 10:48 am Post subject: |
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| Hypnos wrote: | | The Gentoo Handbook specifies /etc/conf.d/hostname as the place. |
That documents says : | Quote: | | Second, if you need a domainname, set it in /etc/conf.d/net. |
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mv
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 11:06 am Post subject: |
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| Every script from /etc/init.d inherits the variables set in /etc/conf.d/$same_name. Whether it uses these variables depends on the script, but an inspection of /etc/init.d/hostname shows that this script obviously uses the variable defined there for the call of the hostname binary. |
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Hypnos
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toralf
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Hypnos wrote: | I read "domain name" as "hostname" in the OP.  |
FUnny enogh - your answer seems to be right nevertheless  |
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javeree
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 9:01 am Post subject: |
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That is also where I set my domain name.
| Quote: | | hostname="Myhostname.mydomain" |
However, I see when I start up, my logon prompt says:
This is user at Myhostname.mydomain.mydomain
(or something to that effect, I don don have access to that pc now.
So I guess there is still a second location where the domain name is set, or it is reinterpreted a second time.
however, the only place where I explicitly mention the domain name is in the dnsmasq configuration (this PC is acting as a router).
DNSMASQ_OPTS="$DNSMASQ_OPTS --domain-needed --domain=mydomain" |
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xaviermiller
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 9:08 am Post subject: |
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Try to set your domain name in /etc/hosts
Something like
| Code: | 127.0.0.1 hostname.domainname hostname localhost
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Evileye
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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In /etc/hosts you should have something like...
| Code: | | 192.168.0.1 hostname.domain.com hostname |
...obviously replacing hostname and domain.com with whatever you are using. |
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