From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 22 11:50:26 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 22 11:50:24 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39C9737B402 for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 11:50:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 149YCt-0009Ar-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:50:23 +0000 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBMJoMl62695 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:50:22 GMT (envelope-from jcm) Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:50:22 +0000 From: j mckitrick To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: (silly) domain name question Message-ID: <20001222195022.A62661@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I would like to name my machine, but it is a laptop with only a dialup connection, and I do not own a domain name. Can I use a name that will only apply to my local machine but will not confuse the nameservers or connections to the outside world? I would like to be something other than 'localhost.localdomain' Jonathon -- "The spice must flow...." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message