[gentoo-user] Re: What is up with the new "domainname" situation?

2006-09-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Thomas T. Veldhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Alexander Skwar wrote: >> Actually, I find it quite clear. The documentation states what needs to be >> done and it states, what the commands return. It seems, that you've used >> the wrong command. >> >> > Following all instructions results in the c

[gentoo-user] Re: What is up with the new "domainname" situation?

2006-09-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
· [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yes, please do. In a simple case of a home network with static IPs > and a router to internet. Where is one expected to set domainname. You're expected to do that in /etc/conf.d/net. See net.example, section "System". Please say what you tried and wha

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is up with the new "domainname" situation?

2006-09-17 Thread Mick
On Sunday 17 September 2006 09:21, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:50:28 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: > > > It makes very little sense to ditch the unix norm of setting a > > > systemwide domain name in favor of doing it per interface! > > > > True. And that's probably why you don't

[gentoo-user] Re: What is up with the new "domainname" situation?

2006-09-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:50:28 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: >> But I agree, it makes no sense to even be able to set this per >> interface. > > I can think of a couple of uses for this. > > A laptop with wired and wireless interfaces. wired is only used on t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is up with the new "domainname" situation?

2006-09-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:50:28 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: > > It makes very little sense to ditch the unix norm of setting a > > systemwide domain name in favor of doing it per interface! > > True. And that's probably why you don't *have* to set it per interface. Exactly, the current system

[gentoo-user] Re: What is up with the new "domainname" situation?

2006-09-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Thomas T. Veldhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > How is it that the baselayout has changed and now the domainname script > is missing from /etc/init.d and all sorts of other ramifications because > of this? "this" == you, not configuring the system? > It makes very little sense to ditch the unix n