[SOLVED] How to get the domainname with command?

luofeiyu · 08-17-2015, 06:16 PM

I have named the domain name 'hfi' on my local machine during the installation.
Why can't get the domain name ?
$ domainname
(none)

jpollard · 08-17-2015, 06:42 PM

It is historically a poor choice of naming by Sun.

The command "domainname" is referring to the NIS naming service. Not the domain name from the fully qualified domain name.

You should have an utility named "dnsdomainname", but even that is not required to have a value either. Read the manpage on dnsdomainname, the section "THE FQDN" shows how it is set, but it really is unnecessary.

luofeiyu · 08-17-2015, 08:13 PM

dnsdomainname
hfi

Got it .