I believe you can just add an entry to /etc/hosts to specify the hostname for your box. Something like:
192.168.0.2 constantine constantine.domainname.com.
Just make sure your sytstem is searching the hosts file before DNS (in /etc/host.conf, hosts is above bind).
man hosts man host.conf
Joey
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Hello!
I am using my FreeBSD 4.8 in a local network, I do not have any routable IPs assigned to the box, so what am I supposed to use as a hostname for that FreeBSD box?
I have an internet connection (DSL modem with NAT), and I am using the sendmail on the box, and the problem I have, is that during the boot time I need to wait 2 minutes for the DNS-timeout.
I wanted to ask, how the hostname is meant to be set in my case.
Cheers, Constantine.
maillog:
Aug 1 14:52:57 cnst sm-msp-queue[101]: My unqualified host name (cnst) unknown; sleeping for retry
Aug 1 14:53:57 cnst sm-msp-queue[101]: unable to qualify my own domain name (cnst) -- using short name
Aug 1 14:53:57 cnst sm-msp-queue[103]: starting daemon (8.12.8p1): [EMAIL PROTECTED]:30:00
Aug 2 14:41:22 cnst sm-mta[99]: My unqualified host name (cnst) unknown; sleeping for retry
Aug 2 14:42:22 cnst sm-mta[99]: unable to qualify my own domain name (cnst) -- using short name
Aug 2 14:42:22 cnst sm-mta[100]: starting daemon (8.12.8p1): [EMAIL PROTECTED]:30:00
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