domainname(1) [osx man page]

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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 usually 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 command in SunOS.

BSD
								September 18, 1994							       BSD

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NAME

       domainname - set or display name of Network Information Service domain

SYNOPSIS

       [name_of_domain]

DESCRIPTION

       Network	Information  Service  (NIS) uses domain names to refer collectively to a group of hosts.  Without an argument, domainname displays
       the name of the NIS domain.  Only superuser can set the domain name by providing name_of_domain.  The domain name is  usually  set  in  the
       configuration file by setting the variable.  The name_of_domain is normally a valid Internet domain name.

DEPENDENCIES

       NIS servers use the NIS domain name as the name of a subdirectory of Therefore, name_of_domain cannot be a or and it must not contain Since
       the NIS domain name can be as long as 64 characters, name_of_domain may exceed the maximum file name length allowed on a given file system.
       If that length is exceeded, the subdirectory name becomes a truncated version of the NIS domain name.

       The  first  14 characters of all NIS domains on the network must be unique; truncated names should be checked to verify that they meet this
       requirement.

AUTHOR

       was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

SEE ALSO

       ypinit(1M), getdomainname(2), setdomainname(2).

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