On 27 Oct 2023 17:02 +0000, from 2695bd53d...@ewoof.net (Michael Kjörling): >> HOSTNAME(1) Linux Programmer's Manual HOSTNAME(1) >> >> NAME >> hostname - show or set the system's host name >> domainname - show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name >> ypdomainname - show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name >> nisdomainname - show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name >> dnsdomainname - show the system's DNS domain name > > Even for someone who doesn't know what "NIS/YP" is, that should be a > strong suggestion already that it is _not_ the same thing as "DNS".
Addendum: And that even if you don't know what DNS _or_ NIS/YP is, it should be a clue that there are different things called "domain name" which don't necessarily have much if anything in common. -- Michael Kjörling 🔗 https://michael.kjorling.se “Remember when, on the Internet, nobody cared that you were a dog?”
