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On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 10:26:13PM -0500, Anthony M. Agelastos wrote:
> Hello all,
>=20
> While we are on the topic, after the hostname and domain have been=20
> setup from the initial installation, how can they be changed? I went=20
> through the FreeBSD manual and some Google searching and did not come=20
> up with anything that made any sense. I assume there are files to be=20
> edited, probably under /etc. I am just not sure what all of them are.=20
> Any assistance (or reference to a site that will explain this to me)=20
> will be greatly appreciated (I am a newbie to UNIX and especially=20
> FreeBSD).

In /etc/rc.conf, the variable $hostname sets the machine's name at
startup.  Simply edit the value set here, and next time the machine
starts up, the new hostname will be set.

To change it in a running system without rebooting, use hostname(1):

# hostname new.machine.name

HTH

Dan

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