Subject: Re: Ethernet Networking How-To
To: Mark Andres <mark@giganet.net>
From: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/19/1998 12:36:15
At 6:33 PM -0800 1/17/98, Mark Andres wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I finally found time to finish the beta version of my Ethernet networking
>How-To. I know we already have a simple one, but I have tried to expand on
>that one. Mine includes three sections:

In my (competing ;-) FAQ I advise people to leave the domainname field
empty in the rc.conf file because AFAIK it is only used for NIS.  Can
someone comment on what that field is actually used for and when it would
be needed?

In any case it probably is *not* the internet domain for the computer
(though it might be by coincidence).  It replaces the old
/etc/defaultdomain file.  The internet domain is determined by the
directives in /etc/resolv.conf.

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