[Samba] setting the NIS domain ( or yp/dns domainname )
L.P.H. van Belle
belle at bazuin.nl
Thu Oct 9 02:04:06 MDT 2014
Hai,
Im just wondering, im installing a bit again, checking my scripts etc.
Lots of things most of us know, but just for history and others im typing it out.
I noticed te following.
Lots of things work or dont work base on :
hostname - show or set the system's host name
domainname - show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name
ypdomainname - show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name
nisdomainname - show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name
dnsdomainname - show the system's DNS domain name
We know the following and we do set :
/etc/hosts and we check
hostname -s = hostname
hostname -d = internal.domain.tld
hostname -f = hostname.internal.domain.tld
and for /etc/resolv.conf
search internal.domain.tld
nameserver ip_DC.
now i was testing also the following
hostname -y returns Local domain name not set
dnsdomanname returns Local domain name not set
i was thinking about the problem steve had, with the domainname on the client, but for a good NFS etc it would be nice if the nis/YP domain is also correct.
( i like correct setups )
after setting sysctl kernel.domainname=internal.domain.tld
all things resolve correct.
So i was wondering, why dont we set the kernel.domainname on the server install of samba.
Of is this just something i always forgot.
What do you people think of setting kernel.domainname at install.
im thinking of setting this also in my scripts, like : ( for debian/ubuntu )
echo "kernel.domainname=`hostname -d`" > /etc/sysctl.d/00-domainname.conf
Tell me your toughts.
Best regards,
Louis
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