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diff --git a/misc-utils/domainname.1 b/misc-utils/domainname.1 index 447c7126..0a305ad1 100644 --- a/misc-utils/domainname.1 +++ b/misc-utils/domainname.1 @@ -1,43 +1,28 @@ -.\" Copyright 1992, 1995 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" Copyright 1992 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License -.TH DOMAINNAME 1 "16 February 1995" "Linux 1.0" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH DOMAINNAME 1 "26 December 1992" "Linux 0.98" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME -domainname \- set or print NIS domain of current host +domainname \- set or print domain of current host .SH SYNOPSIS .BR "domainname [ " name " ]" .SH DESCRIPTION .B domainname -prints the NIS domainname of the current host, from the +prints the domainname of the current host, from the .BR getdomainname (3) library call. If an argument is present and the effective UID is 0, .B domainname -changes the NIS domainname of the host, with the +changes the name of the host, with the .BR setdomainname (2) system call. This is usually done at boot time in the .I /etc/rc.local script. -.PP -.B Note: -This command sets the NIS (Network Information Services) domain, -.I not -the DNS (Domain Name System) domain. Unless you are running NIS -(formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP)), you should -.I not -use the -.B domainname -command to set your domain. You probably want to set the DNS domain, which -is used to map human-readable machine names into IP addresses on the -InterNet. See -.BR dnsdomainname (1) -for more information. .SH FILES .I /etc/rc.local .SH "SEE ALSO" -.BR hostname (1), -.BR dnsdomainname (1), -.BR named (8), -.BR sendmail (8), -.bR ypinit (8) +.BR getdomainname (3), +.BR setdomainname (2), +.BR uname (1), +.BR uname (2) .SH AUTHOR Lars Wirzenius by substituting in hostname.c |