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From: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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Subject: hostname =?
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 20:26:11 -0500
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I have hostname='gateway.home.com" in rc.conf. 
Other than prefixing the command line with the 
word gateway what does this do? 
Is it the full domain name of my box?
How can I use this name?

Thanks Joe 


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