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Date:      Wed, 1 May 1996 12:27:34 -0600
From:      Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov>
To:        campbb@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Changing name of workstation
Message-ID:  <9605011828.AA17198@fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov>
In-Reply-To: <12E36821E59@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us> (campbb@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us)

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>>>>> "Bill" == "Bill Campbell" <campbb@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us> writes:

    Bill> I would like to change the name of the FreeBSD 2.0.5
    Bill> workstation that I'm currently managing.  As best I can
    Bill> tell, I only need to change the hostname variable in the
    Bill> Netconfig section of the the /etc/sysconfig file.  Is that
    Bill> really it?  It seems too easy.

Too easy, yes!

Other files you might (or might not) have to edit:

	/etc/netgroup
	/etc/sysconfig
	/etc/ppp/ppp.secret
	/etc/hosts
	/etc/hosts.equiv
	/etc/hosts.lpd
	/etc/printcap
	/etc/sendmail.cf
	/etc/adduser.message

-- 
Sean Kelly                          
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory    kelly@fsl.noaa.gov
Boulder Colorado USA                http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/



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