Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 10:23:31 +0000 () From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: Red Barchetta <paradox@pegasus.rutgers.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: running system with no hostname... Message-ID: <199607221023.KAA01102@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CMM-RU.1.5.838000404.paradox@pegasus.rutgers.edu> from "Red Barchetta" at Jul 21, 96 09:53:24 pm
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> > Anyway, my question/problem stems from the fact that I connect to the > internet via a dialup PPP link (haven't tried yet under FreeBSD) and that I > therefore do not have a hostname assigned to my machine. For now, I have > placed an arbitrary name in the "hostname" field of /etc/sysconfig, but I get > all sorts of daemons telling me on botup that the hostname (obviously) > doesn't exist. I know I can turn off things like sendmail until I get a > permanent link in the fall, but can someone warn me as to what types of > problems running without a "real" hostname can cause (the comments in > sysconfig and the installer both stress the importance of this value)? Just put an entry in /etc/hosts, using one of the reserved IP addresses for your fictitious host name, eg 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.1 foobar Also, change your /etc/host.conf to read hosts bind so that it'll look in /etc/hosts first instead of doing a DNS query. > Also, is there any way to tell FreeBSD's network daemons *not* to perform a > hostname lookup (i.e. just use the dynamic IP address instead)? If you've set PPP up correctly (see the Handbook for details), your machine should magically set itself up on connection so it appears to have the correct IP address.
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