Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 13:37:26 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark J Tomko <mtomko@prime.cs.ohiou.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Getting a hostname from DHCP Message-ID: <200002171837.NAA58115@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <20000217120433.A5685@prime.cs.ohiou.edu>
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On 17-Feb-00 Mark J Tomko wrote: > I've been using FreeBSD on a network with DHCP since October and I've > been trying to get it to read a hostname from the network automatically, > but to no avail. At the moment, I'm using 3.4. > > I can determine my hostname by logging in to another system and typing > "who", but locally, I have to set the hostname before the hostname > command will return anything. This was never a problem when I was using > Linux, but with BSD I can't figure it out. Put this in /etc/rc.conf: hostname="" > Any suggestions? > > Thanks! > > Mark -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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