Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 19:42:57 -0400 From: Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net> To: Tom Parquette <tparquet@twcny.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/rc: WARNING: domainname(1) is not set. Message-ID: <20030708234257.GA88589@kokeb.ambesa.net> In-Reply-To: <3F0B4513.2050808@twcny.rr.com> References: <3F0B4513.2050808@twcny.rr.com>
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On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 06:26:27PM -0400, Tom Parquette wrote:
> Hi,
> I have been getting the message "/etc/rc: WARNING: domainname(1) is not
> set" every time I boot one of my machines.
> It is a 5.1-CURRENT system but I have not updated since June 15.
>
> I have been ignoring this for some time because I have been trying to
> get DDNS to work.
> I thought it was related to my DDNS problem. Now that I have DDNS
> working (finally) I was supprised to see the message still appearing.
>
It says domainname(1) for a reason :-)
^^^^
Domainname has nothing to do with DNS, it's talking about your NIS
domain name. You are trying to use one of the yp* daemons without
first setting your NIS domain. You need domainname="..." in rc.conf.
Cheers.
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