topic Domain name problem in Operating System - HP-UX

Domain name problem

Ski Ride — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:31:26 GMT

Hi
I want my domain name of the hp system to be
win2003.com

I set it using the domainname win2003.com.
After I set it , if I give the doaminname command I am able to get win2003.com as the reply.

But once i logout and log in back the domainname goes missing again.

From the man page I came to know that the domainname will be saved in the file /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs

But even this file is missing

# cd /etc/rc.config.d/
# ls | grep namesvrs
#

What to do ? What is the problem ??? :-(

Any help...???

Re: Domain name problem

Peter Nikitka — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:49:15 GMT

Hi,

best you tell us then OS version of your HP box!

mfG Peter

Re: Domain name problem

Ski Ride — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:54:21 GMT

my os version is hp - ux B.11.23...

Re: Domain name problem

Steven Schweda — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:01:23 GMT

> From the man page I came to know [...]

Did you also notice that the "domainname"
command sets the NIS domain name, not the
DNS domain name?

"man resolv.conf" and/or "man nsswitch.conf"
might be more helpful, unless you really are
trying to configure NIS.

Doesn't SAM help with DNS configuration?

Re: Domain name problem

Torsten. — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:05:42 GMT

You may also try

set_parms addl_netwrk

see

http://docs.hp.com/en/B3921-60631/set_parms.1M.html

Be aware, default search order will be set to DNS first, if the DNS doesn't know how to resolve your own IP, you will have a problem.

Re: Domain name problem

Grayh — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:17:48 GMT

hi,
if u set domain name by domainname command and reboot you will lose the domainname setting.
edit /etc/rc.config.d/namesvr and put your domain name there.
Also for dns
edit /etc/resolv.conf
domain "yourdomainname"
nameserver "yournameserver"

If you do not need NIS you can set domain name in: /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf files (in resolv.conf you have to write: domain )

Also if u don't have NIS configured on the Box.

get the correct command for:
set_parms addl_netwrk

(
L1000: sbin>man set_parms
No manual entry for set_parms.
)

and try it.

Re: Domain name problem

Ski Ride — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:00:28 GMT

K friends

I have set the hostname in /etc/hosts and domainname in /etc/resolv.conf.

I am yet to check if my orginal problem is solved.

Re: Domain name problem

Ski Ride — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:47:53 GMT

Ya now working properly.Thnx