Paul Smith wrote: > When I plug my Debian laptop in at work and connect to our DHCP network > it all seems to work: I get DNS servers configured, get a network > connection where I can surf, ssh to other systems, etc., and everything > seems fine. > > BUT, when I type "dnsdomainname", it says I have no domain name > configured. With DHCP this is set in the server, not the client. The server tells the client the domain name. I don't know why your override was not having affect. If you set your hostname to the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) I think it should resolve your problem. cp /etc/mailname /etc/hostname > I need that command to return something because I want to start am-utils > so I can NFS mount filesystems, and the am-utils startup requires > dnsdomainname to be set. Of course am-utils has uses and I have used it for a long time. But I think you would be better off using autofs if possible. The am-utils package in particular has terrible debconf behavior. Blech! apt-get install autofs Then as discussed recently make sure you are using the autofs4 module and not the autofs module. echo autofs4 >> /etc/modules modprobe autofs4 Bob
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