From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Jun 7 18: 1:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail.crackula.com (adsl-64-169-68-38.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.169.68.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08CE837B403 for ; Fri, 7 Jun 2002 18:01:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from monkey@localhost) by mail.crackula.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA08686; Fri, 7 Jun 2002 17:58:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 17:58:39 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger To: rwatson@OFDA.NET Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Host Name Message-ID: <20020607175839.A31470@crackula.com> References: <286CA1D65CF6D511B42B0004763B4F5F09A0D9@famine.ofda.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: MarioMail Super Nintendo w/ 2 controllers In-Reply-To: <286CA1D65CF6D511B42B0004763B4F5F09A0D9@famine.ofda.net>; from rwatson@OFDA.NET on Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 08:43:27PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org rwatson - 1) hostname -s hostnameyouwanttosetitto 2) edit /etc/rc.conf. add, or change, the line to be: hostname="hostname.domain.tld" -Adam rwatson@OFDA.NET took 1.1K on Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 08:43:27PM -0400 to say: > > Hello, > > I would like some basic admin help... I created my machine but > mispelled the hostname. > > Where do I change the host name and how do I initialized it once I > have changed it? > Thanks -- "I am disrespectful to dirt! Can you see I am serious!" -Mr. Sparkle Adam Weinberger monkey@crackula.com http://www.crackula.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message