Re: domain name of debian

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

John L Fjellstad wrote:

> John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au> writes:
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> > John L Fjellstad wrote:
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> > > John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au> writes:
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> > > > 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:~$
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> > > >        
> > > I don't think so:
> > > john@legolas:~$ hostname -f
> > > legolas
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> > >      
> > So you don't have a domain name. What does that disprove?
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> That changing the resolv.conf only doesn't set the domain name.
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Ok, so you're not using the resolver to resolve your host name/IP. I do, 
because it's the only solution I know that scales.

That's why changing resolv.conf works on my system, not on yours.






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