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Cc: mj@isy.liu.se
Subject: Re: Internet browser setup
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From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>
Date: 29 Jun 2001 10:22:02 -0400
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mj@isy.liu.se (Micke Josefsson) writes:

> On 01-Jan-70 John Toon wrote:
> > The hostname on your box is not properly set up; as root, edit the text file
> > 
> > 
> > /etc/defaults/rc.conf

NO!  Never edit that file.  Set the variables in /etc/rc.conf instead,
and those settings will *override* the ones in /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
That's why it's a "defaults" file.

> > Look for the field
> > 
> > hostname=""
> > 
> > and insert your chosen hostname inbetween the commas. e.g.
> > 
> > hostname="hostfoobar"
> > 
> > 
> > Restart networking (or reboot) for the change to take effect. This 
> > permanently sets the hostname.
> 
> How do I restart networking (or any other part of the boot process) without
> actually having to boot the machine? I've always wondered but never had the guts
> to ask...

Basically, you don't do it that way.  For this example, you set your
hostname by the command "hostname hostfoobar", as suggested by John Toon
later in the message to which you were replying.  This is exactly the
same thing that the startup scripts (in this case, /etc/rc.network) do
to use your setting of the hostname variable.


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