Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 16:37:42 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: rc.conf issues: host identity vs host config Message-ID: <XFMail.990325163742.jobaldwi@vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <199903251641.AA07426@bolero-x.rahul.net>
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On 25-Mar-99 Rahul Dhesi wrote: > The current rc.conf system doesn't seem to allow for separating out host > identity from host configuration. As a result I'm not able to create a > site-wide rc.conf file and rdist it to multiple machines, configured > identically except for having distinct own host names. I think some > very basic information identifying a host should be kept in its own > place: > > host name and ip address for each network interface Have you looked at DHCP? You don't even have to rdist a file for that to work. We use PicoBSD to clone 80 machines by dd'ing the drives over the network and then have each machine's IP assigned to its ether address and use DHCP to distribute hostnames and IPs to each computer. Works like a charm. --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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