That is just the way I have done it, too. But someone - I think it was George - wrote that he has set it in /etc/domain. So I was wondering why that file is missing on my host.
peter. --- On Sat, 20 Dec 1997, Orn E. Hansen wrote: > Peter Prohaska writes: > > > > I have no /etc/domain file on my system... > > could you please search for the package which installed the file? > > Or did you create it by hand? > > There is a file /etc/resolv.conf, and it has a "domain" and "search" > part, it should contain your domain name, i.e. the tld to which your > hostname belongs. Then there is a /etc/hosts file, in it you put your > hostname, along with the name "localhost" and your FQDN (Fully > Qualified Domain Name)... > > For what do you need to set your domain name, beyond just for > convenience? > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .