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domainname(8)               System Manager's Manual              domainname(8)

NAME
       domainname - set or display name of current domain
       nisdomainname - set or display name of current NIS(YP) domain
       ypdomainname - set or display name of current NIS(YP) domain

SYNOPSIS
       domainname [ domain ]
       nisdomainname [ domain ]
       ypdomainname [ domain ]

DESCRIPTION
       Without   an  argument, domainname displays the name of the current NIS
       domainname of the system.  domainname uses the  getdomainname(2)  func-
       tion  for  getting  the  domainname, nisdomainname and ypdomainname are
       using yp_get_default_domain(3).

       Only the super-user can set the name of the domain  by  specifying  the
       new domain as an argument. All three programs uses setdomainname(2) for
       this. Bear in mind, that already running programs may continue  to  use
       the old domainname.

SEE ALSO
       getdomainname(2),      setdomainname(2),      yp_get_default_domain(3),
       ypbind(8),  ypcat(1),  ypmatch(1),  ypwhich(1),  yppoll(8),  ypserv(8),
       ypset(8)

AUTHOR
       domainname  is  part  of  the  yp-tools  package,  which was written by
       Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@linux-nis.org>.

YP Tools 2.14                     April 2010                     domainname(8)

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