UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello:
does anyone of you know how can I get the network domain name that my tru64 server belongs to???

Thanks alot

I've not been on a tru64 machine and I'm not exactly sure what your question is but.....

Try -

$ hostname
$ cat /etc/hosts

Or if you know the IP address look into the host, dig or nslookup commands.

Also the following command my help -
$ man -k hostname

Kent

I am not a True64 guy. But on most of the unix implementations, It will be recorded in the /etc/resolv.conf. [ I guess you are talking about FQDN i.e. Fully Qualified Domain Name ]

Regds,

Kaps

Thanks alot for your reply guys.
actually yes it was the FQDN what i wanted, but it seems there is no /etc/resolve.conf in tru64 so i guess I will check what its equiv in tru64

Thanks again

Sometimes this 'translator' is useful for getting commands unique to a given OS:
http://bhami.com/rosetta.html

It's not /etc/resolve.conf it's /etc/resolv.conf (in case you were looking for the wrong file). /etc/resolv.conf is used to access the DNS servers the system uses. At least on the boxes I've seen. There may be a "search" line which lists the domain name of the network but it doesn't have to.

Did you try any of the commands I suggested? If you know the IP address of the server you should be able to find the FQDN, if DNS is set up correctly. Use "ifconfig" to find the IP address and then, "host ip_address" or "nslookup ip_address."
Kent