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

Izumi Tsutsui <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:10:36 +0900

Newsgroups	gmane.os.netbsd.ports.cobalt
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

[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?
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Izumi Tsutsui