Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 21:04:02 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/14319: hostname(1) doesn't mention rc.conf Message-ID: <199912210204.VAA30246@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <19991220195545.R6167@holly.calldei.com>
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On 21-Dec-99 Chris Costello wrote: > On Mon, Dec 20, 1999, John Baldwin wrote: >> The preferred method of setting the hostname is defining the variable >> .Va hostname >> in >> .Pa /etc/cr.conf . >> >> I don't think 'by defining...' is a valid direct object, it needs to be an >> infinitive (IIRC), i.e. 'to define' or a gerund, i.e. 'defining'. (I may >> have >> the terms messed up, but I believe the examples are accurate). > > Why don't you put an adverb in that description? Like > "permenantly." Hmm.. so this perhaps? To permanently set the hostname, define the variable .Va hostname in .Pa /etc/rc.conf to be the desired name of the host. -- 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-doc" in the body of the messagehome | help
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