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RE: [TCLUG:8048] domainname v. hostname



Gotta love the O'Reilly's!

Thanks.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Palmer [mailto:reid@pconline.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 6:57 PM
> To: TCLUG-List
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:8048] domainname v. hostname
>
>
> On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Ben Beuchler wrote:
>
> > OK, I realize this is most likely a foolish question that is common
> > knowledge, but I haven't been able to find a definitive answer:
>  Which name
> > is the 'hostname' and which the 'domainname'?
> >
> > Assume that, in my case, I have a LAN with two machines: one
> named 'Marvin'
> > (my WinNT box) and one named 'ender' (my Linux box).  Also assume that I
> > have a registered domain name 'emergimail.com' which is bound
> to the IP of
> > my Linux box.
> >
> > My guess is that it would be like this:
> >
> > hostname: ender
> > domainname: squad51.net
>
> Hostname is correct. Domain name could be squad51.net, emergimail.com, or
> both, depending on how you have your DNS set up. You can rewrite more than
> one name with a single IP.
>
> As usual, the place to go for a 'definitive answer' is an O'Reilly book,
> in this case *DNS and BIND* by Paul Ablitz and Cricket Liu.
>
>
> -- Chris
>
>   Christopher Reid Palmer : http://www.innerFireWorks.com/
>
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