From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 23 19:46:19 2002 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 3D9C337B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:46:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta03.mail.mel.aone.net.au (mta03.mail.au.uu.net [203.2.192.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0197B43E4A for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:46:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au) Received: from ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au ([203.166.67.234]) by mta03.mail.mel.aone.net.au with ESMTP id <20020724024451.PKIL3830.mta03.mail.mel.aone.net.au@ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au>; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:44:51 +1000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020724123627.01c46a60@pop.ozemail.com.au> X-Sender: rbyrnes@pop.ozemail.com.au X-Mailer: I wish it was Linux Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:44:36 +1000 To: "Grant Cooper" From: Rob B Subject: Re: DHCP, hostname . domain, my bought hostname Cc: "FreeBSD Question Mailing List" In-Reply-To: <000d01c231a6$5f717b40$040a0a0a@valley.net> References: <20020723002605.L83797-100000@216-164-225-145.c3-0.wth-ubr2.sbo-wth.ma.cable.rcn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 03:36 23/07/2002, Grant Cooper sent this up the stick: >I am using my home computer that uses a DHCP. In /etc/rc.conf my hostname is >automatically entered. I realize this is the name of my computer given to me >from my ISP. I purchased my domain kooper.ca. Should I change the hostname >in /etc/rc.conf to hostname="dell.kooper.ca". If not, what would this be >used for? I'm sure I should change it. I am attempting to install qmail >again. I'm not near a FreeBSD box at the moment, but if you have a look at "man dhclient.conf" or "man dhcp-options", there is a supersede option that allows you to use a locally configured option rather than the one specified by the dhcp server Cheers, Rob -- Academy: A modern school where football is taught. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 130 of a collection of 1254 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message