domainname(NC)                  19 June 1992                  domainname(NC)


 Name

    domainname - set or display name of current Network Information Service
    (NIS) domain

 Syntax

    domainname [nameofdomain]

 Description

    Without an argument, domainname displays the name of the current NIS
    domain.  Only the super user can set the domainname by giving an argu-
    ment; this is usually done in the startup script, /etc/nfs.  Currently,
    domains are only used by the Network Information Service to refer collec-
    tively to a group of hosts.

 See also

    nfs(NADM), ypinit(NADM)