Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Evan Dower [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hmm... That is what I expected it to do, but when I tried it, I ended
up with an empty hostname. Of course, I don't remember now if I
commented out that line or just set it to empty. Actually, looking at
I've actually been running FreeBSD for quite a while now, but I've never
known exactly how to handle this. In rc.conf, one must specify a hostname.
If you're using DHCP to set up your network though, your FQDN (fully
qualified domain name) can change without notice. It seems like a Good Idea
Evan Dower [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've actually been running FreeBSD for quite a while now, but I've
never known exactly how to handle this. In rc.conf, one must specify a
hostname. If you're using DHCP to set up your network though, your
FQDN (fully qualified domain name) can change
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From: Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Evan Dower [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: hostname and dhcp
Date: 12 Feb 2004
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Subject: Re: hostname and dhcp
Hmm... That is what I expected it to do, but when I tried it, I
ended up
with an empty hostname. Of course, I don't
Evan Dower [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hmm... That is what I expected it to do, but when I tried it, I ended
up with an empty hostname. Of course, I don't remember now if I
commented out that line or just set it to empty. Actually, looking at
/etc/defaults/rc.conf I see that if I comment it out
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To: Evan Dower
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Subject: RE: hostname and dhcp
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:20:55 -0500
If I understand you correctly, you are talking about your system
which is connected
