Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 11:48:28 -0400 From: "Bill Schmitt (SW)" <software@schmittnet.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: hostname problem on a local network Message-ID: <42764BCC.2000903@schmittnet.com>
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I have a FreeBSD 4.9 system on a private network, connected to the internet through a Netgear router/firewall which acts as a DHCP server and receives its names through netbios. I'm trying to set it to respond to the fully qualified name "schfrbsd.lan". In my rc.conf, I have the line: hostname="schfrbsd.lan" I've also tried adding a dot to the end of it: hostname="schfrbsd.lan." Whatever I do, I cannot get the machine to register itself on the network (though Samba) as schfrbsd.lan. It always shows up as schfrbsd. "hostname -s" returns the same value. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Bill
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