domainname(1) BSD General Commands Manual domainname(1)
NAME
domainname -- set or print name of current YP/NIS domain
SYNOPSIS
domainname [ypdomain]
DESCRIPTION
The domainname utility prints the name of the current YP/NIS domain. The
super-user can set the domain name by supplying an argument; this is usu-
ally done at startup by specifying a domain name in the contents of the
file /etc/defaultdomain.
NOTES
The YP/NIS (formerly ``Yellow Pages'' but renamed for legal reasons)
domain name does not necessarily have anything to do with the Domain Name
System domain name, although they are often set equal for administrative
convenience.
SEE ALSO
getdomainname(3)
HISTORY
The domainname command appeared in FreeBSD 1.1, based on a similar com-
mand in SunOS.
BSD September 18, 1994 BSD
Mac OS X 10.6 - Generated Thu Sep 17 20:07:28 CDT 2009