Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 12:58:29 +0200 From: Volker Kindermann <freebsd@secspace.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setting hostname... Message-ID: <20030614125829.4774527b.freebsd@secspace.de> In-Reply-To: <200306141034.h5EAYox18770@d1o1025.telia.com> References: <200306141034.h5EAYox18770@d1o1025.telia.com>
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> Now to my question (and the reason I feel stupid): I named my computer > "al-djabr" first, but decided to change to "al-khwarizmi", in honour > of the late, great arabic mathematician. My domain is > "intra.arrhythmetic.net", so the hostname would be > "al-khwarizmi.intra.arrhythmetic.net"...I put this in /etc/rc.conf, of > course, and sure enough, the system seems to think it's named > according to my rc.conf-wishes... > > When X starts, though, it complains that - and I quote - > "Can't get own host name. Your system is severely misconfigured". is the old name still in /etc/hosts? -volker
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