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highfrequencyhertz

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[SOLVED] What should I put for localdomain?

After visiting the talk page for the installation guide, I found out that localdomain is a placeholder. What should I put there? I just put localdomain as is and everything works fine. Should I put anything there?
Thanks.

Last edited by highfrequencyhertz (2021-09-21 04:16:13)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] What should I put for localdomain?

If you do not have a reason to set it to a specific domain, you can just leave it alone - it's irrelevant for the *vast* majority of users.

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highfrequencyhertz

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Re: [SOLVED] What should I put for localdomain?

Out of curiosity, what would be some reasons to set it to a specific domain? I am just interested.

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] What should I put for localdomain?

If the system has a public domain and you don't want to access it over the internet or if you're structuring a multisegment local network w/ DNS (or a single segment and you want to annoy users) or you have any other reason to address the system w/ a FQDN

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highfrequencyhertz

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Re: [SOLVED] What should I put for localdomain?

Thanks!