NAME
domainname —
set or print name of current YP/NIS
domain
SYNOPSIS
domainname |
[ypdomain] |
DESCRIPTION
Thedomainname 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 at boot time by setting the
nisdomainname variable in
/etc/rc.conf.
NOTA BENE
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
HISTORY
The domainname command appeared in
FreeBSD 1.1, based on a similar command in
SunOS.