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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD woes. Help needed here! ;( Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 20:01:05 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 17 Message-ID: <31C8BEF1.12A3@www.play-hookey.com> References: <4q298c$ona@news.asu.edu> <Pine.LNX.3.91.960617113958.2873A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Stephen Fisher wrote: > > Edit /etc/sysconfig and go down to the line where it sets your hostname. > Enter it there. It will then be set every time you boot up. > > On 17 Jun 1996, ELEONORE WILLIAMS wrote: > > > > > After an install from a Walnut Creek CDROM, I ran the hostname script, but getty and login keep posting my hostname as "myname". I looked all over the /etc d > > > Don't forget to check the domain name in /etc/resolv.conf and your entries in /etc/hosts before you reboot. All of the entries in these files must match or the OS will get confused. Ken