DOMAINNAME(1) | General Commands Manual | DOMAINNAME(1)

# NAME

`domainname` — set or print YP domain of current host system

# SYNOPSIS

`domainname` | [name-of-domain]

# DESCRIPTION

The `domainname` utility prints the YP domain name of the current host. The superuser can set the domain name by supplying a /etc/defaultdomain file (see defaultdomain(5)). This is used at system boot time by rc(8) to initialize the domainname.

# SEE ALSO

hostname(1), getdomainname(3), setdomainname(3), defaultdomain(5), rc(8), yp(8)

# HISTORY

The `domainname` utility is derived from the hostname(1) utility, which appeared in 4.2BSD. The `domainname` utility appeared in NetBSD 0.8.

May 27, 2012 | Debian