NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     domainname -- set or print name of current YP/NIS domain

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     domainname [ypdomain]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The domainname utility prints the name of the current YP/NIS domain.  The
     super-user can set the domain name by supplying an argument; this is usually
 done in the network initialization script /etc/rc.network, normally
     run at boot time.

NOTA BENE    [Toc]    [Back]

     The YP/NIS (formerly ``Yellow Pages'' but renamed for legal reasons)
     domain name does not necessarily have anything to do with the Domain Name
     System domain name, although they are often set equal for administrative
     convenience.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     getdomainname(3)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The domainname command appeared in FreeBSD 1.1, based on a similar command
 in SunOS.


FreeBSD 5.2.1		      September 18, 1994		 FreeBSD 5.2.1