On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:05:05 +0100, Mick Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 00:25, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 12:19:01AM +0100, Mick Walker wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I recently (today) upgraded to 5.3-STABLE. > > > I am wondering why I cant set my hostname. > > > It works if I issue the command hostname whatever.com, but on reboot it > > > is reset to nothing. > > > I have it set up in my /etc/rc.conf so it applies at boot time. > > > > > > Does anyone know how I can fix this? > > > > Show us what you've done first, don't describe what you think you did :-) > > > > Kris > > > $ hostname > > $ > $ hostname laptop.codegurus.org > $ hostname > laptop.codegurus.org > $ > > And in my /etc/rc.conf file I have: > hostname="laptop.codegurus.org" >
Perhaps you have conflicting information in /etc/hosts ? Nelis _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
