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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: System name?
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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.

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