* Hans-Gunther Borrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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> and from where does my machine get its domain name? 

The kernel knows it. Of course, it has to be set on each boot.
I actually have no idea, how gentoo sets it, but most obviously
it will be done by an "dnsdomainname" and "hostname" call.
Try a look at the boot scripts.


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