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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:56:39 -0600
To: "GB" <gregbrooks@blue-mouse.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
From: Oscar Ricardo Silva <oscars@mail.utexas.edu>
Subject: Re: How do I change host/domain of a FreeBSD box?
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Two ways you can do this:

1.      Edit /etc/rc.conf
                 hostname="foo.xyz.com"
         Edit /etc/resolv.conf
                 domain  xyz.com
         Edit /etc/hosts (extra step)
                 1.2.3.4         foo.xyz.com

2.      Run  /stand/sysinstall
         Configure
            Networking
                 Interfaces
                    xl0  (an example of an interface)
         And enter the correct information there


Oscar

At 05:50 AM 2/22/2002 -0600, GB, you wrote:
>(Repost from a couple of days ago... no response earlier, and I haven't
>been able to solve the issue myself, despite some fiddling with it.)
>
>
>I need to change the host name and domain of my FreeBSD box. Elements of
>the current configuration:
>
>* djbdns installed but NOT configured or started (other than setting up
>the user accounts to eventually access it).
>
>* Ditto for apache, PHP, Perl 5.6.1, sendmail and mysql.
>
>I tried simply changing things in /etc/rc.conf... ended up with a
>machine that would boot, but apache said it couldn't resolve the local
>host name during startup (odd, since I hadn't configured apache, merely
>installed it) and the machine ran as slow as molasses. Should I make
>changes elsewhere as well?
>
>This is a brand new install, and we just decided to run it under a
>different host/domain for administrative reasons.)
>
>Many thanks,
>Greg B.
>
>
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