Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 19:44:32 -0800 From: William Richard <wdr@tdl.com> To: Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/14319: hostname(1) doesn't mention rc.conf Message-ID: <385EF7A0.DFC985D@tdl.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991220223355.11821C-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson wrote: > Wow, I'd forgotten about that PR. :-) Is this solution committed? If > not, I'll go ahead and do that. Please don't commit the one that you sent to me; there's a new one in the database. But I'm not sure if you should commit that one either; there's been some controversy over the right wording. I'm sorry, I don't know what etiquette demands in these situations; this is my first contribution to the project. (I'll cc: this to the -doc list) Cheers, William Richard wdr@tdl.com > On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, William Richard wrote: > > > Here's a patch: > > > > *** hostname.1.old Mon Dec 20 15:11:53 1999 > > --- hostname.1 Mon Dec 20 16:33:58 1999 > > *************** > > *** 50,55 **** > > --- 50,59 ---- > > .Pa /etc/rc.network , > > normally run at boot > > time. > > + The preferred method of setting the hostname is by defining the variable > > + .Va hostname > > + in > > + .Pa /etc/rc.conf . > > .Pp > > Options: > > .Bl -tag -width flag > > *************** > > *** 58,64 **** > > name. > > .El > > .Sh SEE ALSO > > ! .Xr gethostname 3 > > .Sh HISTORY > > The > > .Nm > > --- 62,69 ---- > > name. > > .El > > .Sh SEE ALSO > > ! .Xr gethostname 3 , > > ! .Xr rc.conf 5 > > .Sh HISTORY > > The > > .Nm > > > > Robert N M Watson > > robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ > PGP key fingerprint: AF B5 5F FF A6 4A 79 37 ED 5F 55 E9 58 04 6A B1 > TIS Labs at Network Associates, Safeport Network Services To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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