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From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net>
To: Mick Walker <mwalker@codegurus.org>
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* Mick Walker <mwalker@codegurus.org> [1004 10:04]:
> On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 00:25, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 12:19:01AM +0100, Mick Walker wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I recently (today) upgraded to 5.3-STABLE.
> > > I am wondering why I cant set my hostname.
> > > It works if I issue the command hostname whatever.com, but on reboot it
> > > is reset to nothing.
> > > I have it set up in my /etc/rc.conf so it applies at boot time.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone know how I can fix this?
> > 
> > Show us what you've done first, don't describe what you think you did :-)
> > 
> > Kris
> 
> 
> $ hostname 
> 
> $
> $ hostname laptop.codegurus.org
> $ hostname
> laptop.codegurus.org
> $
> 
> And in my /etc/rc.conf file I have:
> hostname="laptop.codegurus.org"

Personally I'd just put 'laptop' in there, and add a 
search codegurus.org
at the top of resolv.conf, but that's not what's breaking your config.
Is dhcp or something unsetting the hostname ? There should be a line in the
boot messages that says

Setting hostname: laptop.codegurus.org
 
- look out for that, if it appears then something is resetting it later in
the boot.

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