Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 00:49:41 +0000 From: Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com> To: Art <a.cheung2@sympatico.ca> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hostname problem Message-ID: <390E2625.84C1D449@S1.com> References: <390E21D7.ADDC4236@sympatico.ca>
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Hiya Arthur,
> "hostname -s " "" and it still does not work.
>
> I figure out that I need a real hostname. Please tell me where to
>find
> info on give my machine a real hostname. I checked the handbook but I
> find none.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Arthur (newbie)
>
y'know, you came -> <- that close to finding the answer yourself ;')
Try "man hostname" :')
The output from that looks something like...
HOSTNAME(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual
HOSTNAME(1)
NAME
hostname - set or print name of current host system
SYNOPSIS
hostname [-s] [name-of-host]
DESCRIPTION
Hostname prints the name of the current host. The super-user can
set the
hostname by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the
network
initialization script /etc/rc.network, normally run at boot time.
Options:
-s Trim off any domain information from the printed name.
SEE ALSO
gethostname(3)
HISTORY
The hostname command appeared in 4.2BSD.
4.2 Berkeley Distribution April 28, 1995
I actually set my hostname in /etc/rc.conf with a line very much like...
hostname="FreeBSD.syd.s1.com"
that way, all (ok, "most") of the 'customisations' are in the one place.
hth,
Haxxa
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