Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:39:44 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> Cc: Ron <rg.lists@rzweb.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Postfix + Courier IMAP local email problems Message-ID: <20120416021855.A17955@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20120415120032.707F81065798@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20120415120032.707F81065798@hub.freebsd.org>
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In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 410, Issue 12, Message: 2 On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:51:36 -0500 (CDT) Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote: | Ron <rg.lists@rzweb.com> wrote: > > OK, I found the problem. It was the hostname not being set correctly. > > What threw me was that it was correct in the rc.conf file, but I did not > > know you needed to reboot the machine to have it take effect. It just > > never occurred to me to run 'hostname' and see since I was seeing it > > correctly in the rc.conf. > > FYI, while it's true tht rc.conf is processed only t boot time, you don't > _have_ to reboot when you make a change. What you _do_ need to do is run > the same commands the the rc processing does. Unfortunately, with the > 'rc.d'-style process, where rc.conf just sets environment variables, and > everything else happens 'by magic', it can be a major effort to figure > out -what- commands need to be run when you change something, and 'reboot' > *is* the simplest way to get the job done. One reason _I_ much prefer > the "old" BSD-style '/etc/rc.boot' and '/etc/rc.local' approch. It was > =far= simpler to see exactly what was going on, in what order, and with > what params. Tracking stuff through the rc.d/* swamp is a 'project' -- > there is a whole nuther 'command language' to master. :(( It's really not all that complicated to change hostname(1) t23# grep hostname /etc/rc.conf hostname="t23.smithi.id.au" t23# hostname t23.smithi.id.au t23# hostname boofar t23# hostname boofar t23# csh boofar# exit exit t23# hostname boofar t23# hostname t23.smithi.id.au t23# hostname t23.smithi.id.au cheers, Ian
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