Date: Sun, 21 Jul 96 21:53:24 EDT From: Red Barchetta <paradox@pegasus.rutgers.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: running system with no hostname... Message-ID: <CMM-RU.1.5.838000404.paradox@pegasus.rutgers.edu>
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I just recently installed 2.1.5R on my system. I have to say I am impressed with the installer, which is massively improved from 2.1.0R, which I installed and then zapped when 2.1.5R was announced one day later :) Anyway, my question/problem stems from the fact that I connect to the internet via a dialup PPP link (haven't tried yet under FreeBSD) and that I therefore do not have a hostname assigned to my machine. For now, I have placed an arbitrary name in the "hostname" field of /etc/sysconfig, but I get all sorts of daemons telling me on botup that the hostname (obviously) doesn't exist. I know I can turn off things like sendmail until I get a permanent link in the fall, but can someone warn me as to what types of problems running without a "real" hostname can cause (the comments in sysconfig and the installer both stress the importance of this value)? Also, is there any way to tell FreeBSD's network daemons *not* to perform a hostname lookup (i.e. just use the dynamic IP address instead)? Thanks a lot... Ernie Pistor
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