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Re: Setting dnsdomainname w/ DHCP client on Debian?



%% bob@proulx.com (Bob Proulx) writes:

  >> BUT, when I type "dnsdomainname", it says I have no domain name
  >> configured.

  bp> With DHCP this is set in the server, not the client.  The server
  bp> tells the client the domain name.  I don't know why your override
  bp> was not having affect.

Hm.

  bp> If you set your hostname to the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) I
  bp> think it should resolve your problem.

  bp>   cp /etc/mailname /etc/hostname

Yeah, but this doesn't help that much since I'm logging into lots of
different places with my laptop, and it's only at work that I want that
domain name obviously.

I could script it all but I guess I thought that's what the DHCP stuff
was supposed to take care of for me.

  bp> Of course am-utils has uses and I have used it for a long time.
  bp> But I think you would be better off using autofs if possible.

I need /net support, plus some other fanciness.

  bp> The am-utils package in particular has terrible debconf behavior.
  bp> Blech!

Not sure what you mean.  Although, I did work with the maintainer to get
important configuration options available in am-utils.

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