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From: CHAN Yiu Wah <clarence>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Setting up a host name
Date: 15 Jul 1995 02:16:49 GMT
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you may cd to /etc and edit sysconfig. Change the line with hostname to your
desired and reboot the machine.

Clarence CHAN

steinber@slinky.cs.nyu.edu (Joseph Steinberg) wrote:
>
>What is the proper way to set up a host's name on FreeBSD
>(I assume that I put it in hosts, the domain in domainname, etc.)
>
>Thanks,
>

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From: steinber@slinky.cs.nyu.edu (Joseph Steinberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Setting up a host name
Date: 13 Jul 1995 14:53:45 GMT
Organization: New York University
Message-ID: <3u3c1p$h70@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>


What is the proper way to set up a host's name on FreeBSD
(I assume that I put it in hosts, the domain in domainname, etc.)

Thanks,


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