Re: domain name of debian

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

John L Fjellstad wrote:

> John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au> writes:
>
>  
>
> > dnsdomainname is in /etc/resolv.conf
> > summer@Dolphin:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
> > search demo.room
> > nameserver 192.168.9.4
> > nameserver 192.168.8.1
> > summer@Dolphin:~$ hostname -f
> > Dolphin.demo.room
> > summer@Dolphin:~$
> >    
>
> I don't think so:
> john@legolas:~$ hostname -f
> legolas
>  

So you don't have a domain name. What does that disprove?

> john@legolas:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
> search fjellstad.intern
> nameserver 192.168.1.1
>
> But then I have
> john@legolas:~$ cat /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1       legolas localhost
>  

Assuming your nameserver at 1.1 can
resolve legolas then remove it from /etc/hosts and you too will have a 
domain name.

> and
> john@legolas:~$ cat /etc/hostname
> legolas
>
>  

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Cheers
John

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