Re: domain-name option during the installation of Debian
Scott,
what I meant with this ping example is that domain name provided
during the installation(lab.net in my case) seems to be in use only in
one place which is the /etc/network/interfaces file "dns-search" line.
This means that if I execute "host www", it asks DNS server for A
record for www.lab.net or if I execute "ping mail", then I'm actually
executing "ping mail.lab.net". You can read more about this from
manual page of resolv.conf.
However, the question itself is simple- where and how is the domain
name, which I inserted during the installation, used? So far it seems
to be used only for completing the domain names.
regards,
Martin
On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 2:04 AM, Scott Ferguson
<scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/03/14 12:40, Martin T wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> during the installation of Debian, one is asked for "domain name".
>
> If it's not set automatically (by arping?)
>
>> Only place where it seems to be used is for completing the FQDN's:
>>
>> root@localhost:~# find / \( \( -path "/proc" -o -path "/sys" \) -a
>> -prune \) -o \( -type f -a -exec grep -iH "lab.net" {} \; \)
>> /var/log/installer/status:Maintainer: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@remlab.net>
>> /var/log/installer/status:Maintainer: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@remlab.net>
>> /var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat:Value: lab.net
>> /etc/network/interfaces: dns-search lab.net
>> root@localhost:~#
>>
>>
>> So in case I execute "ping www", it is translated automatically to
>> "ping www.lab.net".
>
> ? Do you mean when running ping from the local machine? (www. should be
> a subdomain). The only way I'd see that was if it was registered in a
> local dns, /etc/hosts, or as a result of .htaccess (in a web server).
>
>>
>> However, where and how is the domain-name used during/after Debian installation?
>
> I'm having a particularly thick day and don't understand the question.
> Do you mean where is it stored, and an exhaustive list of it's
> applications?
>
>>
>>
>>
>> regards,
>> Martin
>>
>>
>
> Puzzled by question and your results from ping.
>
> Kind regards
>
>
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