Re: where does `hostname -f` derive the domainname from?

2022-06-28 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Tue, 2022-06-28 at 10:10 -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 04:59:26PM -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote: > > That was the problem. The bullseye-only system had an /etc/hosts entry > > without a FQDN. I removed that and it uses the one in DNS. > > It's generally better to add the

Re: where does `hostname -f` derive the domainname from?

2022-06-28 Thread Michael Stone
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 04:59:26PM -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote: That was the problem. The bullseye-only system had an /etc/hosts entry without a FQDN. I removed that and it uses the one in DNS. It's generally better to add the FQDN to /etc/hosts instead, to cut down on DNS queries for the loc

Re: where does `hostname -f` derive the domainname from?

2022-06-26 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2022-06-26 21:07:13 +, tuxi...@posteo.de wrote: > I checked using strace and it's appearently going through the following: > > 1. uname This is due to the call to gethostname(), as seen with "hostname" without any option. The following is due to the call to getaddrinfo() on the node name

Re: where does `hostname -f` derive the domainname from?

2022-06-26 Thread tuxifan
On Sonntag, 26. Juni 2022 22:32:38 CEST Jim Popovitch wrote: > where does `hostname -f` derive the domainname from? > > I have 2 systems, the first was buster --> bullseye with /etc/hostname > containing "oscar" and `hostname -f` returning "oscar.domain.tld"

Re: where does `hostname -f` derive the domainname from?

2022-06-26 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Sun, 2022-06-26 at 16:52 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > Both sections are vague and murky about what happens if you *don't* have > an entry for your hostname in /etc/hosts. > > Fortunately, Debian adds a line exactly like this in /etc/hosts, for > your hostname with your "DNS domain name" (the o

Re: where does `hostname -f` derive the domainname from?

2022-06-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 04:32:38PM -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote: > where does `hostname -f` derive the domainname from? Start with the man page, always. -f, --fqdn, --long Display the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name). A FQDN consists of a short host name

Re: where does `hostname -f` derive the domainname from?

2022-06-26 Thread ghe2001
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 --- Original Message --- On Sunday, June 26th, 2022 at 2:32 PM, Jim Popovitch wrote: > where does `hostname -f` derive the domainname from? /etc/hosts, I think. -- Glenn English -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: ProtonM

where does `hostname -f` derive the domainname from?

2022-06-26 Thread Jim Popovitch
where does `hostname -f` derive the domainname from? I have 2 systems, the first was buster --> bullseye with /etc/hostname containing "oscar" and `hostname -f` returning "oscar.domain.tld". The second system is a clean install of bullseye with /etc/hostname containing &

Re: Solved: ? Re: How to change the domainname ????

2009-11-11 Thread Tom H
>> After emailing you, the .local suffix rang a bell and looking at your >> emails now confirms it. .local is an avahi-specific suffix and your >> log message comes from avahi-daemon. There is a setting (through the >> "hosts" line in /etc/nsswitch.conf, I think, although it does not make >> sense

Fw: Solved: ? Re: How to change the domainname ????

2009-11-10 Thread Erik Grootjans
- Original Message - From: "Erik Grootjans" To: "Tom H" Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:22 PM Subject: Solved: ? Re: How to change the domainname Tom, After your reply, i did look some deeper in the avahi-documentation and came acros the fo

Re: How to change the domainname ????

2009-11-09 Thread Tom H
>> I have a laptop, with a fixed ip-address, and i want to change its >> domainname. The current domainname is: local. >> So i did a compleet NEW installation of Debian 5.0 and formatted the file >> system during installation. I did give the new domainname: thuis.local. &g

Re: How to change the domainname ????

2009-11-09 Thread Erik Grootjans
llution Do you have another idea Thanks Erik - Original Message - From: "Klistvud" To: Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 8:56 PM Subject: Re: How to change the domainname Dne, 08. 11. 2009 20:34:57 je Erik Grootjans napisal(a): Why is at startup the name debian.local

Re: How to change the domainname ????

2009-11-09 Thread Erik Grootjans
- Original Message - From: "Tom H" To: Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 10:28 PM Subject: Re: How to change the domainname I have a laptop, with a fixed ip-address, and i want to change its domainname. The current domainname is: local. So i did a compleet NEW insta

Re: How to change the domainname ????

2009-11-09 Thread Erik Grootjans
Thanks you, but this is not the answer to my question. I did a compleet new install and marked don't keep data in the options of the diskpartitioner. I did give the hostname debian and the domainname thuis.local ( I did a new installation because, some programs copy the domainname and hos

Re: How to change the domainname ????

2009-11-08 Thread Wayne
Erik Grootjans wrote: Hi, I have a laptop, with a fixed ip-address, and i want to change its domainname. The current domainname is: local. So i did a compleet NEW installation of Debian 5.0 and formatted the file system during installation. I did give the new domainname: thuis.local. If i

Re: How to change the domainname ????

2009-11-08 Thread Tom H
> I have a laptop, with a fixed ip-address, and i want to change its > domainname. The current domainname is: local. > So i did a compleet NEW installation of Debian 5.0 and formatted the file > system during installation. I did give the new domainname: thuis.local. > If i look a

Re: How to change the domainname ????

2009-11-08 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 08. 11. 2009 20:34:57 je Erik Grootjans napisal(a): > > Why is at startup the name debian.local ??? > I have asked to give the hostname debian and the domainname > thuis.local. > > Why. > And more important how can i change it > I have a desktop with a static add

How to change the domainname ????

2009-11-08 Thread Erik Grootjans
Hi, I have a laptop, with a fixed ip-address, and i want to change its domainname. The current domainname is: local. So i did a compleet NEW installation of Debian 5.0 and formatted the file system during installation. I did give the new domainname: thuis.local. If i look at the /etc/host

Re: exim4: Hide local mail name in outgoing mail. domainname for dsl user

2004-12-28 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 17:41:05 +0100, Leonardo Canducci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is that a good choice for a standalone pc with dsl fulltime internet > access configured as "mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or > fetchmail"? > shouldn't the same task be handled by /etc/email-addresses fil

exim4: Hide local mail name in outgoing mail. domainname for dsl user

2004-12-28 Thread Leonardo Canducci
is that a good choice for a standalone pc with dsl fulltime internet access configured as "mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail"? shouldn't the same task be handled by /etc/email-addresses file? one more question: shuld such a pc (connected via a dsl provider) have a domain name

Re: which package contains file domainname ?

2001-11-14 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Wednesday, November 14, Heinrich Rebehn did write: > Shaul Karl wrote: > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I am using debian testing and i am wondering how i can find out which > >>package > >>contains 'domainname' or any other file i require

Re: which package contains file domainname ?

2001-11-14 Thread Wayne Topa
Heinrich Rebehn([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi, > > I am using debian testing and i am wondering how i can find out > which package contains 'domainname' or any other file i require. I > tried 'dpkg -S' but it only seems to search the pa

Re: which package contains file domainname ?

2001-11-14 Thread Nick Sanders
On Wednesday 14 November 2001 1:33 pm, Heinrich Rebehn wrote: > Shaul Karl wrote: > >>Hi, > >> > >>I am using debian testing and i am wondering how i can find out which > >> package contains 'domainname' package hostname contains dnsdomainname

Re: which package contains file domainname ?

2001-11-14 Thread Heinrich Rebehn
Shaul Karl wrote: Hi, I am using debian testing and i am wondering how i can find out which package contains 'domainname' or any other file i require. I tried 'dpkg -S' but it only seems to search the packages that are already installed, which doesn't help me

Re: which package contains file domainname ?

2001-11-14 Thread Shaul Karl
> Hi, > > I am using debian testing and i am wondering how i can find out which package > contains 'domainname' or any other file i require. I tried 'dpkg -S' but it > only > seems to search the packages that are already installed, which doesn't help

which package contains file domainname ?

2001-11-14 Thread Heinrich Rebehn
Hi, I am using debian testing and i am wondering how i can find out which package contains 'domainname' or any other file i require. I tried 'dpkg -S' but it only seems to search the packages that are already installed, which doesn't help me much. 'apt-cache s

HELP: changing domainname of a machine??

2001-07-18 Thread Bruno Boettcher
hello! seems a stupid problem... but i didn't managed to solve it since now... i ahve a machine that travels a lot, and has to adapt its domainname to each new location (its not a laptop) setting the domainname et run time is quite dangerous :D my machien freezed as i tryed it so w

dhclient and "domainname\000"

2000-10-12 Thread Brian
dhclient periodically appends a literal "\000" to the search domain in resolv.conf. This happens with Woody and an NT4.5 server, and Potato with a Win2K server. Have others run into this? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access

Re: IP--->Domainname--->OtherDomainname

1999-11-03 Thread Marc Mongeon
Art: I'll refer to the domain you've registered for yourself as mydomain.net, and the domain that your ISP maintains as ispdomain.net. 1. Register your primary and secondary nameservers for mydomain.net with the NIC. Web forms to do this can be found at http://www.networksolutions.com/. I thin

Re: IP--->Domainname--->OtherDomainname

1999-11-02 Thread aphro
if i understand what your asking all you want to do is have your machine recieve requests for mymachine.domain.net, so if someone types in http://mymachine.domain.net they hit your machine, or if they email you at mymachine.domain.net it comes to you .. ?? just set a domain up and point the domai

Re: IP--->Domainname--->OtherDomainname

1999-11-02 Thread Phil Brutsche
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > To further simplify, I am stuck with a _public_ domain (a > static one) delegated for a DSL connection. We'll call it > static.domain.name.net. I want to exchange traffic for > mymachine.domain.net (I own domain.net). There is o

Re: IP--->Domainname--->OtherDomainname

1999-11-02 Thread Art Lemasters
To further simplify, I am stuck with a _public_ domain (a static one) delegated for a DSL connection. We'll call it static.domain.name.net. I want to exchange traffic for mymachine.domain.net (I own domain.net). There is only one IP address, and this is one potato box that is running bind.

IP--->Domainname--->OtherDomainname

1999-11-02 Thread Art Lemasters
How can I use one IP address and one domain name to exchange all kinds of server traffic for another domain name? IP->1stDomainname-->2ndDomainname In other words, I have one IP address delegated to a domain (e.g., hidden.static.domain.name.net). I want all traffic (on the same

domainname

1998-09-11 Thread Default Debian Reader
, i guess i need a way to set my domainname or something can anyone tell me how to do this?

Re: where is domainname from?

1997-11-20 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > > arca:~$ dpkg -S /bin/domainname > dpkg: /bin/domainname not found. > > It must be a recent file because: > arca:~$ ldd /bin/domainname > libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4001) > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-

where is domainname from?

1997-11-20 Thread Andrea Arcangeli
arca:~$ dpkg -S /bin/domainname dpkg: /bin/domainname not found. It must be a recent file because: arca:~$ ldd /bin/domainname libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4001) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4000) Andreas Arcangeli -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS M

Re: how get smail to have a default domainname?

1997-05-16 Thread George Bonser
uhm ... visible_name=usc.edu in /etc/smail/config or wherever your config file is should do it. On 15 May 1997, Terrence M. Brannon wrote: > > I want smail to send mail with a default domainname of usc.edu but > putting the line > > domains=usc.edu > > in /etc/

how get smail to have a default domainname?

1997-05-16 Thread Terrence M. Brannon
I want smail to send mail with a default domainname of usc.edu but putting the line domains=usc.edu in /etc/smail.config does not allow this. -- oo Sending unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) to this address Legal Notice is indication of your consent to pay me $120/hour for 1