From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 6 5:21: 2 2002 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 0D34A37B401 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 05:21:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from sumter.awod.com (sumter.awod.com [208.140.99.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49EDA43E6E for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 05:21:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stanb@awod.com) Received: from teddy.fas.com (pcp01010372pcs.mplsnt01.sc.comcast.net [68.58.176.67]) by sumter.awod.com (8.8.7/8.12.2) with ESMTP id IAA09068 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 08:20:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from stanb@awod.com) X-Authentication-Warning: sumter.awod.com: User stanb [pcp01010372pcs.mplsnt01.sc.comcast.net] popped 45 seconds ago Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 189Q74-0003m1-00 for ; Wed, 06 Nov 2002 08:20:54 -0500 Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 08:20:54 -0500 From: stan To: Free BSD Questions list Subject: renaming a machine, without a reboot Message-ID: <20021106132054.GA14342@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: Free BSD Questions list Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.17 X-Uptime: 08:13:35 up 70 days, 5:45, 2 users, load average: 1.12, 1.07, 1.08 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG OUr company is in the middle of a merger, as a result the domain all of my FreeBSD machine belong to is changing. I've made all the changes that I can think od (/etc/resolv.conf, /etc/rc.defaults ) but I really prefer _not_ to reboot the mahcines just to change the FQDN. Is there some way I can do this without a reboot? -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message