From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 30 14:09:44 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 398F316A41B for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:09:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0FDD13C467 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:09:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l7UE8taF084526; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:08:56 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20070830090656.02641c48@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:08:44 -0500 To: Peter Pluta , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <12398404.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <12398274.post@talk.nabble.com> <200708291916.58069.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <12398404.post@talk.nabble.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: 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 14:09:44 -0000 At 07:19 PM 8/29/2007, Peter Pluta wrote: >Jonathan Horne wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 29 August 2007 19:05:06 Peter Pluta wrote: > >> I have a box with 5 ip's pointing to it. Most of the things I run (http, > >> smtp) are virtual or allow me to specify the hostname (postfix) - so I'm > >> wondering what the machines hostname should be? By default it's > >> localhost.localdomain. This has always confused me from the begining when > >> I > >> first started using FreeBSD, can anyone chime in? It would greatly > >> appreciated. > >> > >> Thanks! > > > > its fairly simple actually. example: > > > > my system's name is athena. my domain, is dfwlp.com... thus my computer > > is > > athena.dfwlp.com. the hostname command can show you waht your current > > hostname is: > > > > [jhorne@athena ~] $ hostname > > athena.dfwlp.com > > > > also, there is a line in /etc/rc.conf that specifys the system's hostname > > when > > you start up: > > > > [jhorne@athena ~] $ cat /etc/rc.conf|grep hostname > > hostname="athena.dfwlp.com" > > > > finally, when you are installing freebsd, during the "network > > configuration" > > page, the "Host:" box would be where i would put "athena", and the > > "Domain:" > > box would be where i put "dfwlp.com" (when you set your domain, you dont > > put > > the . in front of the domain name, ie, dont put .dfwlp.com in the domain > > box). > > > > cheers, > > -- > > Jonathan Horne > > http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org > > freebsd@dfwlp.com > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > >Right, my current box is mail.placidpublishing.com, I only have 1 box, and >it does web and mail. I just picked placidpublishing and used that since it >was a domain I had laying arond. Is that "ok"? How does one pick a domain? >Just any old domain? I keep visualizing a domain as in 3-4 servers each of >which has a hostname mail, web, etc.. Pick a domain you own, or buy a new one. They is why there are so many domain possibilities these days, like .info, .biz, etc. in addition to the "regular" .com, .net, .org -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.