On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:47:03 +0100, Mick wrote:

> When I logon I can see in the console:
> 
> "This is lappy.(none) (Linux i686 2.6.7-gentoo-r8) 13.31.51"
> 
> Where is this "(none)" being read from?  As in which files and which 
> particular entry in that file?

/etc/issue sets the login output. A \o in there is replaced by the NIS
domain, \O by the DNS domain.

> Unlike Alex's earlier example I do not need to set up DNS servers addresses, 
> or other IP addresses as these are picked up by the dhcpcd server from my 
> hardware router.

Does your router set the domain correctly? What does "hostname -d" give?


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