From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 2 15:48:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEBD016A4CE for ; Mon, 2 May 2005 15:48:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from host.idesigns.net (host.idesigns.net [209.239.38.159]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2174543D46 for ; Mon, 2 May 2005 15:48:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from software@schmittnet.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (ct-seymour2d-19.wtrbct.adelphia.net [68.71.172.19]) by host.idesigns.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j42FmMbh018042 for ; Mon, 2 May 2005 11:48:26 -0400 Message-ID: <42764BCC.2000903@schmittnet.com> Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 11:48:28 -0400 From: "Bill Schmitt (SW)" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: hostname problem on a local network X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 15:48:29 -0000 I have a FreeBSD 4.9 system on a private network, connected to the internet through a Netgear router/firewall which acts as a DHCP server and receives its names through netbios. I'm trying to set it to respond to the fully qualified name "schfrbsd.lan". In my rc.conf, I have the line: hostname="schfrbsd.lan" I've also tried adding a dot to the end of it: hostname="schfrbsd.lan." Whatever I do, I cannot get the machine to register itself on the network (though Samba) as schfrbsd.lan. It always shows up as schfrbsd. "hostname -s" returns the same value. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Bill