From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 18:40:22 2004 Return-Path: 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 9A97F16A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:40:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp06.wxs.nl (smtp06.wxs.nl [195.121.6.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB9B243D70 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:40:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marco@beishuizen.info) Received: from tsunami.bsd (ipd50a233c.speed.planet.nl [213.10.35.60]) by smtp06.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HRI002R0F9P6I@smtp06.wxs.nl> for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 03:37:01 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 03:40:19 +0100 (CET) From: Marco Beishuizen In-reply-to: <4005F0B1.4010801@theatre.msu.edu> Sender: marco@tsunami.bsd To: "Jonathan T. Sage" Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT FreeBSD: Homepage: References: <4005F0B1.4010801@theatre.msu.edu> cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changing hostname X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Marco Beishuizen List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 02:40:22 -0000 On stardate Wed, 14 Jan 2004, the wise Jonathan T. Sage entered: > a simple > > # hostname new.host.name > > should do what you're asking. also add it to rc.conf so the changes > stay on next reboot Well, I did this and it looks fine now. Thanks! Marco -- Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. -- Samuel Butler