From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 1 16:32:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 225383F91 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 16:32:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA22224; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 16:57:53 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 16:57:53 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Isaac Waldron Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hostname setup for local machine. Message-ID: <20000201165753.D24609@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20000202001523.4594.qmail@web2004.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000202001523.4594.qmail@web2004.mail.yahoo.com>; from isaacguy@yahoo.com on Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 04:15:23PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Isaac Waldron [000201 16:41] wrote: > What is the correct method for setting up the hostname > for a machine that has no official name? I have a > dial-up ISP account that does not allow me a real > domain name. That is, I have no official information > to put into the hostname variable in /etc/rc.conf. > Should I just make something up, and tack the domain > of my ISP on the end, or is there a protocol I need to > follow for this kind of thing? check the ppp manpage, look at "enable dns" option. you can also use the exec features of ppp to run scripts to help yourself out. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message