NAME

domainname − set or display name of the current NIS domain

SYNOPSIS

domainname [ name-of-domain ]

DESCRIPTION

Without an argument, domainname displays the name of the current domain, which typically encompasses a group of hosts under the same administration.  As such, the name of a Network Information Service (NIS) domain is normally also a valid Internet domain name, and can be used in conjunction with the sendmail(8) and the name server named(8C). 

Only the super-user can set the name of the domain, by giving domainname an argument; this can be done only in the startup script /etc/rc.local. 

SEE ALSO

named(8C), sendmail(8), ypinit(8)

NOTES

The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Yellow Pages (YP).  The functionality of the two remains the same; only the name has changed.  The NIS domain name is case sensitive.

Solbourne Computer, Inc.  —  16 November 1987