Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 07:38:24 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: Clemmitt Sigler <siglercm@alphamb2.phys.vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fixed -- Newbie question about Netscape on Alpha. Message-ID: <20000208073824.E19335@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10002081025350.3134-100000@alphamb2.phys.vt.edu>; from siglercm@alphamb2.phys.vt.edu on Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 10:29:29AM -0500 References: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10002071350260.1874-100000@alphamb2.phys.vt.edu> <Pine.OSF.4.10.10002081025350.3134-100000@alphamb2.phys.vt.edu>
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On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 10:29:29AM -0500, Clemmitt Sigler wrote: > The problem was that osf1 didn't like my existing /etc/resolv.conf. > I've got this machine on a private home net so I don't have a > domain name assigned to it. `hostname' returns the name of the > machine but `domainname' returns the empty string. domainname(1) has nothing to do with DNS or /etc/resolv.conf. domainname(1) refers to the YP/NIS domain of a machine. OSF/1 compatibility runs fine on a machine where ``domainname'' returns nothing. > osf1 needs that domain name it seems. I simply had to add a line: > > domain madeup.name.net OR, you can use the "search" directive rather than "domain" as the search directive is often more useful. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) [Va Tech BSEE] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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