From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 3 0:15:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9F9114D3A for ; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 00:15:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.11 #1) id 11tnrT-0002UB-00; Fri, 03 Dec 1999 10:14:39 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: "nat" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changing hostname.. In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 02 Dec 1999 16:33:26 PST." <001201bf3d26$04a2e860$0300a8c0@orng1.occa.home.com> Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 10:14:39 +0200 Message-ID: <9558.944208879@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 16:33:26 PST, "nat" wrote: > I wanted to change my hostname and so i edited the rc.conf file and > changed my hostname. After that everything reflected my settings... > Did i do it correctly? Well that depends on what you set ``hostname'' to in /etc/rc.conf. :-) But yes, changing it in /etc/rc.conf is the correct thing to do. If you don't want to reboot for the change to take effect, you can use the hostname(1) command from the command line. > The reason that i am questioning if i did it correctly is that when > i recompiled the kernel because of the ident part it showed my old > e-mail address as the user who compiled it. Don't worry about that -- the kernel and the uname(1) utility just try to provide you with information useful in figuring out what kernel you're running. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message