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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 21:05:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Dmitry Petrakoff <dimon@elnet.msk.ru>
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Subject: Re: Hostname
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On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Dmitry Petrakoff wrote:

> How can I assign a different hostname to network interfaces:
>      ed0 - foo.bar.com
>      tun0 - machine.provider.net ?
> Thank you!

The name(s) are specified by your DNS system.  All you do is set the IP
address for the interface and DNS will do the rest.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major