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NAME
domainname - set or display name of Network Information Service domain
SYNOPSIS
domainname [ 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 con®guration ®le /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs, by setting the NIS_DOMAIN variable.
DEPENDENCIES
NIS servers use the NIS domain name as the name of a subdirectory of /var/yp. Since the NIS domain name can be as long as 64 characters, name_of_domain may exceed the maximum ®le name length allowed on a given ®le system. If that length is exceeded, the subdirectory name becomes a truncated version of the NIS domain name.
The ®rst 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
domainname was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SEE ALSO
ypinit(1M), getdomainname(2), setdomainname(2).
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