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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 21:46:50 +0100
From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com>
To: Thomas Widlundh <tw@ettnet.se>
Cc: freeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: comp name
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On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 10:02:03PM +0200, Thomas Widlundh wrote:
> Hi,
> Where in fBSD can I find the name of my computer?
> That is, the name of the comp in a network.
> It is sometimes shown in the prompt.
> Thanks,
> Thomas

Thomas, 

You can check the name of the machine with the 'hostname' command.

Alternatively look for the line hostname="your.hostname" in /etc/rc.conf.

	Scott

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