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Date:      Wed, 9 Jul 2003 12:30:12 +0200
From:      "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk>
To:        Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /etc/rc: WARNING: domainname(1) is not set.
Message-ID:  <20030709103010.GA405@nitro.dk>
In-Reply-To: <20030708234257.GA88589@kokeb.ambesa.net>
References:  <3F0B4513.2050808@twcny.rr.com> <20030708234257.GA88589@kokeb.ambesa.net>

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On 2003.07.08 19:42:57 -0400, Mike Makonnen wrote:
> 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=
=20
> > set" every time I boot one of my machines.
> > It is a 5.1-CURRENT system but I have not updated since June 15.
> >=20
> > I have been ignoring this for some time because I have been trying to=
=20
> > get DDNS to work.
> > I thought it was related to my DDNS problem.  Now that I have DDNS=20
> > working (finally) I was supprised to see the message still appearing.
> >=20
>=20
> It says domainname(1) for a reason :-)
>                  ^^^^
>=20
> 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=3D"..." in rc.conf.

Just in case someone searches the archives later... The variable is
actually called nisdomainname.

The domainname variable is only referenced in rc.d/network, which I
don't think is used anymore?

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Simon L. Nielsen

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