topic Re: domain name in Operating System - HP-UX

domain name

Mark Mitchell — Wed, 21 Mar 2001 16:47:26 GMT

I get a message on boot up that the server can't qualify its own domain name so it uses it short name. How do you set this up?

Re: domain name

unixdaddy — Wed, 21 Mar 2001 16:57:42 GMT

edit the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and change the line that reads:-

#Dj$w.Foo.COM
to
Dj$w.domaminname

or

edit your host file and put a '.' after your hostname

i.e.

140.100.100.100 peter.

Re: domain name

Mark Mitchell — Wed, 21 Mar 2001 18:29:04 GMT

I got it to work with
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx name name.
otherwise there were some errors.
Thanks

Re: domain name

Joseph C. Denman — Wed, 21 Mar 2001 22:21:35 GMT

check you /etc/nsswitch.conf. Have it go to files first then dns.

If still have a problem, you could put an alias in the hosts file.

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx hostname hostname.domain.com