On Monday 18 September 2006 14:17, Neil Bothwick wrote: > 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.
# cat /etc/issue This is \n.\O (\s \m \r) \t So, it should read my DNS domain name. But it doesn't. > > 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. i.e. as far as my laptop is concerned the router (192.168.0.1) is the dns server. > Does your router set the domain correctly? What does "hostname -d" give? I'm afraid it gives nothing! # hostname -d # -- Regards, Mick
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