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Date:      Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:46:16 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chris  <chrismar@readington.com>
To:        trout@net66.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: intruder alert and naming your computer
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9902101645220.6325-100000@walnut.readington.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990210152449.00f6d5b0@net66.com>

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the "security: intruder alert!" is part of fortune, nothing to worry about
there.

To set your hostname look at /etc/rc.conf, you'll see a line that says: 
hostname=

That should do it,
Chris 

On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 trout@net66.com wrote:

> 
> hello all:
> 
>  this morning when i booted to my freebsd partition, i was greeted with the
> following message: "security: intruder alert!"
> 
> what does this mean? my machine is not hooked up to anything else. at all.
> it sits in the corner all day by itself all alone.
> 
> how do i name my machine? i know there is a file that i modify, but i can't
> remember which one. i am getting tired of "myname"
> 
> thanks
> 
> -aaron
> 
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