.\" $OpenBSD: defaultdomain.5,v 1.2 2004/12/20 15:40:00 jaredy Exp $
.\" Written by Jared Yanovich
.\" This file belongs to the public domain.
.Dd July 23, 2004
.Dt DEFAULTDOMAIN 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm defaultdomain
.Nd default YP domain name
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm /etc/defaultdomain
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
file is read by
.Xr netstart 8
at system startup time.
It is used to set the YP domain name of the host machine (see
.Xr yp 8 ) .
.Pp
This file should contain a single line specifying the system domain name as
supplied to
.Xr domainname 1 .
Empty lines and lines beginning with
.Sq #
in the file are ignored.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/defaultdomain" -compact
.It Pa /etc/defaultdomain
default domain name
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr domainname 1 ,
.Xr netstart 8 ,
.Xr yp 8