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Date:      Wed, 10 Jan 2001 21:35:38 -0500
From:      "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox@sc.rr.com>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Setting default hostname to localhost
Message-ID:  <20010110213538.A668@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010110211942.86697B-100000@fledge.watson.org>; from rwatson@FreeBSD.org on Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 09:23:13PM -0500
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010110211942.86697B-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 09:23:13PM -0500, Robert Watson wrote:
> /etc/default/rc.conf to change the default hostname to "localhost".  If
> the user configures a hostname, or DHCP provides one, it will be
> overridden, of course, so should not impact any configuration but one
> where the hostname is left undefined.

A cursory glance at /sbin/dhclient-script seems to indicate that
DHCP will NOT override the hostname unless it is an empty string.


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