So, "default-domain" is a general property and applies to all locations. It becomes mandatory if NIS and/or LDAP is configured manually. What if NIS (and/or LDAP in future) is configured through DHCP? Does "default-domain" become non-required?
Anurag Renee Danson wrote: > Continuing the discussion via e-mail, will update the bug when > it's resolved... > > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:45:46AM -0700, bugzilla-daemon at > defect.opensolaris.org wrote: > >> http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=8919 >> >> >> >> >> >> --- Comment #6 from Anurag S. Maskey <Anurag.Maskey at Sun.COM> 2009-05-28 >> 11:45:35 --- >> The "default-domain" property (which is used for domainname(1M) and >> /etc/defaultdomain) is mandatory only if NIS and/or LDAP is configured >> manually. (LDAP can only be configured manually for now). If NIS is >> configured via DHCP, then default-domain cannot be set. Futhermore, >> default-domain cannot be set if NIS and/or LDAP is not one of the configured >> nameservices. >> > > Hmm. I absolutely agree that the default-domain property should be > mandatory if NIS and/or LDAP is configured manually (thanks for the > clarification on that). > > I'm not convinced, though, that it should be forbidden if NIS and/or > LDAP is/are not in use. The version of sendmail delivered with > solaris (according to the domainname(1M) man page) may also expect > to find a domain value using the domainname(1M) command; so I can > imagine a case where a user might want sendmail to do that, but not > have NIS or LDAP running. This seems like a reasonable config; I > don't think we should prevent someone from doing it. > > -renee > > > >> -- >> Configure bugmail: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/userprefs.cgi?tab=email >> ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- >> You are the QA contact for the bug. >> _______________________________________________ >> nwam-dev mailing list >> nwam-dev at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/nwam-dev >> > _______________________________________________ > nwam-dev mailing list > nwam-dev at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/nwam-dev >
