Re: Domain name to use on home networks

[Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net>]

On 27 Oct 2023 17:02 +0000, from 2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net (Michael Kjörling):
>> HOSTNAME(1)          Linux Programmer's Manual         HOSTNAME(1)
>> 
>> NAME
>>        hostname - show or set the system's host name
>>        domainname - show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name
>>        ypdomainname - show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name
>>        nisdomainname - show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name
>>        dnsdomainname - show the system's DNS domain name
> 
> Even for someone who doesn't know what "NIS/YP" is, that should be a
> strong suggestion already that it is _not_ the same thing as "DNS".

Addendum: And that even if you don't know what DNS _or_ NIS/YP is, it
should be a clue that there are different things called "domain name"
which don't necessarily have much if anything in common.

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