Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 21:35:38 -0500 From: "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox@sc.rr.com> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Setting default hostname to localhost Message-ID: <20010110213538.A668@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010110211942.86697B-100000@fledge.watson.org>; from rwatson@FreeBSD.org on Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 09:23:13PM -0500 References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010110211942.86697B-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 09:23:13PM -0500, Robert Watson wrote: > /etc/default/rc.conf to change the default hostname to "localhost". If > the user configures a hostname, or DHCP provides one, it will be > overridden, of course, so should not impact any configuration but one > where the hostname is left undefined. A cursory glance at /sbin/dhclient-script seems to indicate that DHCP will NOT override the hostname unless it is an empty string. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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