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Date:      Mon, 4 Aug 1997 20:43:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Stephane Raimbault <stephane@freenet.mb.ca>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: System name?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970804204306.6856S-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <33E508FC.41C67EA6@freenet.mb.ca>

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On Sun, 3 Aug 1997, Stephane Raimbault wrote:

> I installed FreeBSD 2.1.7.1 via ftp and it uses my username and isp
> domain name to identify my machine.
> 
> I was wondering if there is a way to change the name of the server and
> its domain?

Sure, modify /etc/sysconfig and look for the hostname= variable.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
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