domainname(1)                                                 domainname(1)

NAME
     domainname - display, modify, define the domain name

SYNOPSIS
     domainname                                                    Format 1

     domainname domainname                                        Format 2

DESCRIPTION
     This command is used to output the name of the NIS domain to which the
     local host belongs. The system administrator can use this command dur-
     ing a system session to modify the default NIS domain.

     The name of the default NIS domain to which the host normally belongs
     is entered at installation time in the /etc/default/inet file. If it
     does not appear there and is not known after system startup, it can be
     set by the system administrator.

     The local host must be known in the domain to which it is to be con-
     nected, in other words, it must be entered on the master server as an
     accessible host.

   Format 1

     domainname
          The name of the domain to which the local host is currently
          assigned is output.

   Format 2

     domainname domainname
          changes the domain name during the current session. This only
          makes sense if you want to access a different domain temporarily.

          This command does not change the value of the DOMAIN variable in
          the /etc/default/inet file. If the host is to be assigned per-
          manently to the new domain, the domain name must be entered in
          the /etc/default/inet file.

EXAMPLES
     1) You want to find out the name of the domain to which your local
        host currently belongs:

        Input:

        domainname

        Output:

        sp4

        Your local host belongs to the domain sp4.



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domainname(1)                                                 domainname(1)

     2) The system administrator would like to assign the local host tem-
        porarily to the domain america and therefore enters:

        domainname america

        If the host is to be assigned permanently to the new domain, the
        command must be entered in the file /etc/default/inet.

FILES
     /etc/default/inet

SEE ALSO
     inet(4).









































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