40 Debian Default Domain Name Update

For a list of the different categories see the bind9 administrator reference manual.

Debian default domain name. If you are using debian linux. Debian suse and other linux distro support gui tool called network admin. On my home network i have a dns server and a site etc hosts file which is update then copied to any new machine i setup.

If the dhcp server sends unsolicited domain name servers et al responses dhclient will still heed them and will still overwrite the resolv conf file. You can check the fqdn using hostname fqdn or the domain name using dnsdomainname. The etc resolv conf is a static file if the resolvconf package is not installed.

The domain name setting is not used much. All categories not mentioned are similar to the default category. A hostname show or set the system s host name b domainname show or set the system s nis yp domain name c dnsdomainname show the system s dns domain name d nisdomainname show or set system s nis yp domain name e ypdomainname show or set the system s nis yp domain name.

For a system with a permanent ip address and a fully qualified domain name fqdn provided by the domain name system dns that canonical host name domain name should be used instead of just host name. The etc resolv conf is the main configuration file for the dns name resolver library. It is usually the hostname followed by the dns domain name the part after the first dot.

10 0 1 1 host domain local host top back. When you access the host foo the application will try foo localdomain or whatever you ve. Vi etc hostname set or replace hostname.

The first category is as its name indicates the default category that is usually assigned to syslog. The resolver is a set of functions in the c library that provide access to the internet domain name system dns the functions are configured to check entries in the etc hosts file or several dns name servers or to use the host s database of network information service nis. If you want to set domain name be sure set fqdn fully qualyfied domain name.