From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 30 00:31:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ABB616A419 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:31:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from pollux.dfwlp.com (rrcs-64-183-212-244.sw.biz.rr.com [64.183.212.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 281AE13C457 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:31:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by pollux.dfwlp.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l7U0VBVX049791 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:31:12 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:31:11 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <12398274.post@talk.nabble.com> <200708291916.58069.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <12398404.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <12398404.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200708291931.11738.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on pollux.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD Hostname Question - Whats The Proper Way X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:31:14 -0000 On Wednesday 29 August 2007 19:19:58 Peter Pluta wrote: > How does one pick a domain? > Just any old domain? thats often how it goes! mine was originally "dfwlanparty"... but dfwlp just became the shortend version of what the community referred to it as. i bought the domain just out of convenience many moons ago :) > I keep visualizing a domain as in 3-4 servers each of > which has a hostname mail, web, etc.. fairly close, some times you will actually find servers that actually are named "web" "mail", or have names after services. myself, i have names that ive chosen, and then use DNS to "link" the common services to them. example, if you do a: host castor.dfwlp.com youll find that castor is my server that handles www.dfwlp.com. so, if you have a specific name in mind, dont be afraid to use it! you can always go back later and use DNS to give your box as many "jobs" as you need (ie, you can DNS both www and mail to the same server, if you need to). cheers, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com