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diff --git a/misc-utils/domainname.1 b/misc-utils/domainname.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..447c71266 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc-utils/domainname.1 @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +.\" Copyright 1992, 1995 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License +.TH DOMAINNAME 1 "16 February 1995" "Linux 1.0" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +domainname \- set or print NIS domain of current host +.SH SYNOPSIS +.BR "domainname [ " name " ]" +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B domainname +prints the NIS domainname of the current host, from the +.BR getdomainname (3) +library call. If an argument is present and the effective UID is 0, +.B domainname +changes the NIS domainname of the host, with the +.BR setdomainname (2) +system call. This is usually done at boot time in the +.I /etc/rc.local +script. +.PP +.B Note: +This command sets the NIS (Network Information Services) domain, +.I not +the DNS (Domain Name System) domain. Unless you are running NIS +(formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP)), you should +.I not +use the +.B domainname +command to set your domain. You probably want to set the DNS domain, which +is used to map human-readable machine names into IP addresses on the +InterNet. See +.BR dnsdomainname (1) +for more information. +.SH FILES +.I /etc/rc.local +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR hostname (1), +.BR dnsdomainname (1), +.BR named (8), +.BR sendmail (8), +.bR ypinit (8) +.SH AUTHOR +Lars Wirzenius by substituting in hostname.c + |