From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 24 08:13:41 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 CCB5D16A4B3 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:13:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03DF243F3F for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:13:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from magruen@comcast.net) Received: from comcast.net (bgp01395454bgs.parads01.nm.comcast.net[68.35.122.108]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <2003102415133701600qtqcue> (Authid: magruen); Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:13:38 +0000 Message-ID: <3F9942E3.8040605@comcast.net> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:18:59 -0600 From: Mike Gruen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031023 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "M.D. DeWar" References: <017d01c39a37$a168bae0$6a1fa8c0@ocfl061> <01be01c39a39$2b750ad0$4df24243@tsgincorporated.com> <004201c39a3c$64f37d20$6a1fa8c0@ocfl061> In-Reply-To: <004201c39a3c$64f37d20$6a1fa8c0@ocfl061> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wrong name on emails 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: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:13:41 -0000 M.D. DeWar wrote: >Hello, >Thanks. >Yes it reports the correct hostname. >And its correct in the rc.conf. > >Here is a copy of the FROM on a email sent by the cron >root@badboy.wirelesscommunitynetworks.com (Cron Daemon) > >and hostname shows >spiderman.wirelesscommunitynetworks.com > > > This could be either an /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file issue... or an /etc/hosts issue. >Mark >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Micheal Patterson" >To: "M.D. DeWar" ; >Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 10:13 AM >Subject: Re: wrong name on emails > > > > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "M.D. DeWar" >>To: >>Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:03 AM >>Subject: wrong name on emails >> >> >> >> >>>Hello, >>>When I first setup from FreeBSD 4.8 box I gave it one name, badboy. Then >>>later to due to dns issues I changed it to match DNS. Now when I get an >>>email from the box it says root@badboy.domain.com instead of the new >>> >>> >name. > > >>>I searched every file I can think of. rc.local,rc.conf , resolv.conf and >>>other files but with no luck. >>>I tried egrep -iR "badboy" / >>>to find it but it was taking a long long time. So killed it. >>>Were do I find it and change it or is it permanently at the original >>>hostname. >>> >>>Thanks >>>Mark >>> >>> >>> >>Use the command hostname to verify that it's using the new name. If it >> >> >shows > > >>the old name there, do a hostname to correct it.. Provided it's >>correct in your rc.conf file as well. >> >>-- >> >>Micheal Patterson >>TSG Network Administration >>405-917-0600 >> >>Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, >> >> >is > > >>for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential >>and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or >>distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please >>contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original >>message. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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" > > > > >_______________________________________________ >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" > > >