From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 24 09:03:15 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2DB237B401 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 09:03:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13D1243F75 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 09:03:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h3OG368x075290 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:03:06 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h3OG36LV075289; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:03:06 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:03:06 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: "J.D. Bronson" Message-ID: <20030424160306.GB46211@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , "J.D. Bronson" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <5.2.1.1.2.20030424080740.00a725b0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9zSXsLTf0vkW971A" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20030424080740.00a725b0@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-38.8 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nodename X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 16:03:16 -0000 --9zSXsLTf0vkW971A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 08:09:06AM -0500, J.D. Bronson wrote: > I am wondering how to change the nodename (uucp name) under 4.8-RELEASE? >=20 > I built sendmail from scratch and noticed that the $k value > comes up as 'foo.bar.com' instead of the expected 'foo'. >=20 > Under Openbsd, I can change this via 'myname' ...or under solaris with=20 > 'nodename' .... >=20 > Where is this in FreeBSD? Try the 'hostname=3D"xxx"' setting in /etc/rc.conf. FreeBSD generally sets this to the FQDN --- rightly in my humble opinion, but you may choose to differ. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --9zSXsLTf0vkW971A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+qAq6dtESqEQa7a0RAttCAJ4kY2x7UkeCZcEkWNw+6GWcbkx12gCfSNSu uqLAwoOOEOk1wE7v4WC0bKo= =L1Un -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9zSXsLTf0vkW971A--