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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!pipex!peernews.demon.co.uk!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: syntax of myname entry for machine name? Date: 6 Feb 1995 03:18:28 -0000 Organization: None Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3h44e4$7k@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> References: <3fsgpc$r2b@brachio.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Joachim von Jena (jenabeee@w353zrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de) wrote: : Can anybody help with the correct syntax for a machine name? : I tried : daisy : as machine name in the file /etc/myname : and the system (FreeBSD 2.0) complains about (daisy) with the : message: : "bad value" You probably need daisy in /etc/hosts. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....