Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 12:50:04 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up network Message-ID: <20050401115003.GA21164@catflap.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <5adc49922399d3d2b84b9f21fadcd415@asu.edu> References: <d2hrd9$e88$1@sea.gmane.org> <9e46c99e05033114133842921e@mail.gmail.com> <5adc49922399d3d2b84b9f21fadcd415@asu.edu>
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--CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 10:26:13PM -0500, Anthony M. Agelastos wrote: > Hello all, >=20 > While we are on the topic, after the hostname and domain have been=20 > setup from the initial installation, how can they be changed? I went=20 > through the FreeBSD manual and some Google searching and did not come=20 > up with anything that made any sense. I assume there are files to be=20 > edited, probably under /etc. I am just not sure what all of them are.=20 > Any assistance (or reference to a site that will explain this to me)=20 > will be greatly appreciated (I am a newbie to UNIX and especially=20 > FreeBSD). In /etc/rc.conf, the variable $hostname sets the machine's name at startup. Simply edit the value set here, and next time the machine starts up, the new hostname will be set. To change it in a running system without rebooting, use hostname(1): # hostname new.machine.name HTH Dan --=20 Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3B9D 8BBB EB03 BA83 5DB4 3B88 86FC F03A 90A1 BE8F _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCTTVrhvzwOpChvo8RAsXwAJ0emMs9E0fzoAt1i6iOX6WjvnvciACeIgqL 1HmXGJ40uIJXpr9/0N5pqoY= =2CbD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK--
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