Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 00:47:50 +0530 From: Manish Jain <jude.obscure@yandex.com> To: Anton Shterenlikht <as@cmplx.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to set hostname on a cable line? Message-ID: <79cc198c-daa9-1cb2-020f-d11d7d3d396a@yandex.com> In-Reply-To: <201803211834.w2LIY9Jh059885@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> References: <201803211834.w2LIY9Jh059885@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net>
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On 03/22/18 00:04, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> I cannot seem to set hostname
> correctly on a home laptop,
> which has a wireless connection
> to a cable router.
>
> How do I do it?
>
> I have
>
> hostname=""
> ifconfig_wlan0="SYNCDHCP WPA"
>
> in /etc/rc.conf
>
> According to rc.conf(5):
>
> If dhclient(8) is used to set the hostname via DHCP, this
> variable should be set to an empty string.
>
> But I still get empty hostname after boot:
>
> # hostname
>
> #
>
> # cat /var/db/dhclient.leases.wlan0
> lease {
> interface "wlan0";
> fixed-address 192.168.1.104;
> next-server 192.168.1.1;
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> option routers 192.168.1.1;
> option domain-name-servers 194.168.4.100,194.168.8.100;
> option host-name "00215c5068c3";
> option domain-name "cable.virginmedia.net";
> option dhcp-lease-time 86400;
> option dhcp-message-type 5;
> option dhcp-server-identifier 192.168.1.1;
> option dhcp-renewal-time 43200;
> option dhcp-rebinding-time 75600;
> renew 4 2018/3/22 07:21:14;
> rebind 4 2018/3/22 16:21:14;
> expire 4 2018/3/22 19:21:14;
> }
>
> # cat /etc/resolv.conf
> # Generated by resolvconf
> search cable.virginmedia.net
> nameserver 194.168.4.100
> nameserver 194.168.8.100
>
>
> Does that help me?
>
> I cannot run MPI programs without having a correct
> hostname, i.e. I should be able to do ssh `hostname`.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks
>
> Anton
Have you tried setting the hostname with 'bsdconfig networking' ?
--
Manish Jain
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