Re: [SPAM] Re: Where is the host name?

Mike Hebel <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.cobalt
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Oct 19, 2008, at 1:10 PM 10/19/08, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:

> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> I tried
>>
>> 1.
>>
>> cat <<EOT >/etc/myname
>> wimp.snert.com
>> EOT
>>
>> rebooted... No change to paneld, login prompt, or hostname(1)
>>
>> 2.
>>
>> cat <<EOT >>/etc/rc.conf
>> hostname='wimp.snert.com'
>> EOT
>>
>> rebooted... No change to paneld, login prompt, or hostname(1)
>
> Hmm, both work for me on my fresh installed 2700.
>
> - What hostname(1) shows?  Nothing, or something else?
> - Is there "Hostname: foo" line during startup?
> - Did you change other files in /etc, like dhclient.conf?

I was also wondering if he failed to remove the dhclient=YES from / 
etc/rc.conf

Simple stuff first is my rule. Even if I put myself in the bitbucket  
regarding that rule sometimes. ;-)

--
Mike Hebel


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