Setting domain name

[Vogra]

Hi All!
I have a HP9000 server with HPUX11.0. I need to set his domain. I set their DNS and when I ping a server, I have to put point (".") and domain name. If not I don't find it. I want to ping (like ping vsurjgg) without a domain and get the answer.
Thanx in advance.

[Edward Alfert_2]

set_parms hostname

it will then prompt you for the hostname you want.

[John Poff]

Hello,

I'm no wizard with this stuff, but I think you set that in your /etc/hosts file. That is where we have ours set, like this

10.100.1.2 hostname.domainname.com hostname

Where the second hostname is an alias for the fully qualified name.

JP

[Vogra]

Hi Edward!
... and I put the name plus ".domain" ?

[Vogra]

Hi Edward!
... and I put the name plus ".domain" ?
like: vsurjgg.ind
where vsurjgg is a server name
and ind is a domain

[Joseph C. Denman]

edit the /etc/resolv.conf

insert the following line:

domain my.domain.com

...jcd...

[someone_4]

Are you using dns and /etc/hosts?
If you are using both edit your etc/hosts,
/etc/hosts should contain a single line for each host with the
following information:



so if you have

192.168.XX.XX host.domain.net host joe

you will get to the ip with the names host.domain.net host or joe


Richard

[someone_4]

what about your nsswitch.conf ??

my line for hosts is
hosts: files [NOTFOUND=continue UNAVAIL=continue TRYAGAIN=continue] dns

so i look at files then dns.

Richard

[Edward Alfert_2 · Accepted solution]

You can either use
system.domain.com
or
system
you choose.

set_parms hostname will then update the /etc/hosts file for you automatically
you can then test it out by
ping system
or
ping system.domain.com

You can set the default domain name using
set_parms addl_netwrk

including the default domain

so if you only setup the hostname (system) without using the fully qualified domain name (system.domain.com), then it will add it for you automatically also in etc/hosts

[DIPAK KUMAR ROY]

I think you need to edit the /etc/resolv.conf file and give these entries....

domain
search < your_server_domain all_other_domain_to_search>
nameserver

Hope this helps

Dipak

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

Edit your /etc/resolv.conf file. The entries should look like this

search x.y.z
nameserver a.b.c.d
nameserver e.f.g.h

Here x.y.z is the domain where you are looking for the system. Also a.b.c.d is the IP address for name server in your domain. You can set upto three nameserver to be queried.

For more reference you can look thru HP manual : Installing and Administering Internet Services (HP Part No. B2355-90110). Look for Configuring and Administering the BIND Name Service ---> Configuring the Resolver to Query a Remote Name Server.

Hope this helps

[Deshpande Prashant]

HI
Add the aliases in /etc/hosts file.
198.132.1.2 host.domain.com. host

so command #ping host or will work.

/etc/resolve.conf file should have your domain name defined. So even command #nslookup host will return proper name.

Thanks.
Prashant.