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Date:      Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:45:21 -0500
From:      "Jonathan T. Sage" <sagejona@theatre.msu.edu>
To:        Marco Beishuizen <marco@beishuizen.info>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: changing hostname
Message-ID:  <4005F0B1.4010801@theatre.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0401150216341.284@tsunami.bsd>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.58.0401150216341.284@tsunami.bsd>

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Marco Beishuizen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to change the hostname of one of my machines without a
> reboot. Is it enough to change my rc.conf and run the /etc/netstart script
> or do I have to do something else?
> 
man hostname(1):

NAME
      hostname -- set or print name of current host system

SYNOPSIS
      hostname [-s] [name-of-host]


a simple

# hostname new.host.name

should do what you're asking.  also add it to rc.conf so the changes 
stay on next reboot

~j


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