Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 22:59:46 +0200 From: Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> To: Thomas Widlundh <tw@ettnet.se> Cc: freeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: comp name Message-ID: <3D1A2B42.4597CEF2@cs.umu.se> References: <000701c21d4c$7ad27c90$2f056dd4@chappe2>
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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 I'm not sure this is what you want, but... man hostname The hostname is set in rc.conf. If you change it, and don't use a DNS server to get IP-address from hostname translation, you might have to change other com- puters hosts file (FreeBSD) or lmhosts (Windows) to be able to find the computer in the network. Best regards, Paul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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