Darren J Moffat writes: > %d is replaced by the DNS domain name.
Which one is "the" DNS domain name? I don't think there's a canonical one on the system. You can have multiple search domains in /etc/resolv.conf. If you're referring to /etc/defaultdomain, that's actually the NIS/NIS+ domain, not DNS. > %h is replaced by the hostname, as returned by > gethostname(3C) That's just the local host name. Is the remote host name ever significant? > %f is replaced by the fully qualified host name without the > trailing dot (so using %f is equivalent to specifying > %h.%d) That doesn't make sense to me. The "%h" value is from gethostname(3C), but how do you know that this value isn't itself a FQDN? It's common practice at some sites to set the hostname either to a FQDN or to some domain name that's relative to the organization. The practice of making it a simple one-word name on the SWAN is in many ways due to our use of NIS and its odd limitations. That's not necessarily the norm outside of Sun, though. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
