I don't have a real static IP, It changes every few weeks. I use www.zoneedit.com as my primary and secondary nameserver. You can manually change your IP online. It's pretty easy and a good way to practice you administration skills. I found this site really easy and it's free.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Randall Creighton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Grant Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 12:39 AM Subject: Re: sticky bit & q-mail and DHCP > Just wondering, but if you are hosting your own domain shouldn't you > have a static ip address? or is there a way to inform dns about your ip > address should it change? > > Randy > > Grant Cooper wrote: > > >Ok, I guess my question is, DHCP automatically fills in the host part for > >me. But since I host my own domain, should I overload the tellus.ab.ca and > >change it to kooper.ca. I was thinking other packages such as sendmail or > >qmail would use this thinking my domain is tellus.ab.ca. I couldn't find any > >info on that. > > > >Thanks for the 1000 I was reading up and down that man list. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Samuel Chow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Grant Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Cc: "FreeBSD_Questions (E-mail 2)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 12:49 AM > >Subject: Re: sticky bit & q-mail and DHCP > > > > > > > > > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: Grant Cooper > >> > >> > >> > >>>1. I am using my home computer that uses a DHCP. In /etc/rc.conf > >>>my hostname is automatically entered. I realize this is the name of > >>>my computer given to me from my ISP. I purchased my domain > >>>kooper.ca. Should I change the hostname in /etc/rc.conf to > >>>hostname="dell.kooper.ca". If not, what would the origional host > >>>name be used for? I'm sure I should change it. > >>> > >>> > >> The short answer is it doesn't matter. > >> Hostname and DNS name are quite different. While you can > >> make them the same, they really don't have to be. > >> When people lookup dell.kooper.ca, only the DNS > >> is used. The hostname is irrelevant. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>2. chmod +t /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-pop3d > >>>What does it mean by sticky bit "+ t" > >>> > >>> > >> man chmod > >> Look under the MODES section and find 1000. > >> > >>--- > >>Samuel Chow > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>Segmentation Fault (core dumped) > >>This message is displayed using recycled electrons. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
