Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:09:52 -0400 From: Tim Kellers <timothyk@wallnet.com> To: Tim Dunphy <bluethundr@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hostname Message-ID: <4CCC7B90.6090807@wallnet.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=LzD4iehPf7EV_PGfFFdQujMEi0BAzxp%2BVozro@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=LzD4iehPf7EV_PGfFFdQujMEi0BAzxp%2BVozro@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/30/10 4:00 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > how can I set the hostname so that it persists through reboots? I have > set the hostname I want in /etc/hosts but rebooting the change does > not show up. In CentOS you have /etc/hostname which serves this > purpose but in FreeBSD I don't know how to do this. > > > thanks > edit /etc/rc.conf and enter: hostname="[put your hostname here]" change the [put your hostname here] to your actual hostname. And it will load the name on (re)boot. Tim Kellers
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