Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:00:31 -0500 From: Noel <noeldude@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: change hostname Message-ID: <4D8FF9CF.7080208@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=Vw8dPiAxFfron5jdQnJV_iQdE%2B%2BNFvX6tSn5n@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=Vw8dPiAxFfron5jdQnJV_iQdE%2B%2BNFvX6tSn5n@mail.gmail.com>
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On 3/27/2011 9:18 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > hey guys, > > I setup a FreeBSD 8.2 box to server as an LDAP server. I forgot that > I had a TLS cert with a different hostname than the one I selected. So > I edited /etc/rc.conf to change the name there > > defaultrouter="192.168.1.1" > hostname="LBSD2.summitnjhome.com" ##< -- used to be LBSD1.summitnjhome.com > ifconfig_bge0="inet 192.168.1.44 netmask 255.255.255.0" > nfs_client_enable="YES" > sshd_enable="YES" > named_enable="YES" > slapd_enable="YES" > > > And then edited /etc/hosts > > ::1 localhost localhost.summitnjhome.com > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.summitnjhome.com > 192.168.1.44 LBSD2.summitnjhome.com LBSD2 ##<-- used to be > LBSD1.summitnjhome.com > 192.168.1.44 LBSD2.summitnjhome.com. ##<<-- Same > > then i restarted the network > > LBSD2# /etc/rc.d/netif restart > Stopping Network: lo0 bge0 plip0. > lo0: flags=8048<LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 > options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM> > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > nd6 options=3<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV> > bge0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > options=8009b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,LINKSTATE> > ether 00:14:22:38:9e:eb > media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT<full-duplex>) > status: active > plip0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > Starting Network: lo0 bge0. > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 > options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM> > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > nd6 options=3<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV> > bge0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > options=8009b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,LINKSTATE> > ether 00:14:22:38:9e:eb > inet 192.168.1.44 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > media: Ethernet autoselect (none) > status: no carrier > > > However when I issue the hostname -f command it does not reflect the > change. It doesn't even show the fqdn > > LBSD2# hostname -f > LBSD2 > > What am I doing wrong, here? > > > thanks Try typing the command: # hostname LBSD2.summitnjhome.com
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