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To: Art <a.cheung2@sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: hostname problem
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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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