From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 20 11:06:41 2003 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 7265316A4CE for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:06:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail2.northnetworks.ca (dev.eagle.ca [209.167.58.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 578F443FD7 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:06:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from iaccounts@northnetworks.ca) Received: from svr3.northnetworks.ca (localhost.northnetworks.ca [127.0.0.1]) hAKIwjXK058040; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:58:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from iaccounts@northnetworks.ca) Received: from localhost (iaccounts@localhost)hAKIwiH3058037; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:58:45 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: svr3.northnetworks.ca: iaccounts owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:58:44 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Bertrand To: fbsd_user In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20031120135102.S57456@svr3.northnetworks.ca> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: need info on hostname X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:06:41 -0000 > During the install you are asked for the host name which adds the > following line to rc.conf. > hostname="gateway.homepc.com" This is a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the computer following the standards of the DNS system. > What does FBSD use this for? Locating your computer by it's name on a network, as opposed to the IP. The name is translated into an IP address by a DNS server. > Did I use the correct format for the host name? Sure. On an internal network, you can use anything you like, but on the Internet, you would use one that actually has a real DNS entry. This is why you can see the FreeBSD website when you type www.freebsd.org into your browser. > What are the rules for creating the hostname name? Follow the DNS standards using the following convention: computername.domain.top_level_domain ie: mypc.homenetwork.com or: www.freebsd.org > Are the rules published anywhere? Sure. You can review one of the DNS rfc's here: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1034.html Cheers, Steve > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >