Hans-Gunther Borrmann schrieb:
On Thursday 17 August 2006 10:32, Alexander Skwar wrote:Nope. resolv.conf doesn't have any influence on the hostname or domainname. It controls, how names/ips are resolved. If it would be as you say, what would be my domainname? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp/sources/samba/samba-3.0.22/source/utils$ cat /etc/resolv.conf search bei.digitalprojects.com nameserver 192.168.1.1 > (man resolv.conf). NAME resolv.conf - resolver configuration file The "domain" setting doesn't do what you say. [...] domain Local domain name. Most queries for names within this domain can use short names relative to the local domain. If no domain entry is present, the domain is determined from the [...] See? It's for "queries for names".and from where does my machine get its domain name? It is only contained in resolv.conf.
Good question. But as I've shown, it's not necessary to set it in /etc/resolv.conf. Alexander Skwar -- Go climb a gravity well! -- [email protected] mailing list
