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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!miller.cs.uwm.edu!bacon From: bacon@miller.cs.uwm.edu (Jason Bacon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Host name Date: 22 Jun 1996 01:17:50 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - Computer Science Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4qfhju$bi5@uwm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.9.13 I'm having trouble with my host name accepted by the system. At boot time, I get a "BAD VALUE" message, and the mail daemon gives the message "My host name (myname.my.domain) doesn't seem to exist" I changed thhe hostname and domain name in sysconfig to several different values, but always get the same problems. ny suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, -Jason B.