From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 11 18:48:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f63.law3.hotmail.com [209.185.241.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 51E1A14F30 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 1999 18:48:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsd_freebsd@hotmail.com) Received: (qmail 67297 invoked by uid 0); 12 Nov 1999 02:48:45 -0000 Message-ID: <19991112024845.67296.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 203.166.3.13 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Thu, 11 Nov 1999 18:48:45 PST X-Originating-IP: [203.166.3.13] From: "danny h" To: flec@flec.co.uk, MarcW@Lanfear.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing a Machine's IP address? Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 02:48:45 GMT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If you have root access why not use /stand/sysinstall and change the IP address of the machine. > >On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:06:17 -0800, you wrote: > > > > > I want to change the IP address of my machine. Is it as simple > >as changing /etc/rc.conf and rebooting? the machine name (but not > >You don't even have to reboot. Read the man pages for "ifconfig" and >"hostname" if you like to keep your uptime, it isn't difficult at all. > > > can it really be that easy (as opposed to linux, where I still > >can't get a straight answer on this ...) > >It really is. *resist*temptation*to*bitch*about*another*certain*os* ;-) > >-flec >flec@relic.net >flec@flec.co.uk > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message