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33.Dd $Mdocdate: May 27 2012 $
34.Dt DOMAINNAME 1
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm domainname
38.Nd set or print YP domain of current host system
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Nm domainname
41.Op Ar name-of-domain
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45utility prints the YP domain name of the current host.
46The superuser can set the domain name by supplying a
47.Pa /etc/defaultdomain
48file (see
49.Xr defaultdomain 5 ) .
50This is used at system boot time by
51.Xr rc 8
52to initialize the domainname.
53.Sh SEE ALSO
54.Xr hostname 1 ,
55.Xr getdomainname 3 ,
56.Xr setdomainname 3 ,
57.Xr defaultdomain 5 ,
58.Xr rc 8 ,
59.Xr yp 8
60.Sh HISTORY
61The
62.Nm
63utility is derived from the
64.Xr hostname 1
65utility, which appeared in
66.Bx 4.2 .
67The
68.Nm
69utility appeared in
70.Nx 0.8 .
71