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DOMAINNAME(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual DOMAINNAME(1)
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 with the nisdomainname variable in the /etc/rc.conf file,
normally run at boot time.
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), rc.conf(5)
HISTORY
The domainname command appeared in FreeBSD 1.1, based on a similar
command in SunOS.
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 April 22, 2013 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11