Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:39:05 -0700 From: Randall Creighton <randy@rcreighton.org> To: Grant Cooper <grant.cooper@nucleus.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sticky bit & q-mail and DHCP Message-ID: <3D3E4B89.6070007@rcreighton.org> References: <003901c231b3$20cfee00$040a0a0a@valley.net> <000501c23215$0aa40aa0$0501a8c0@intelex> <005701c23224$f58af010$2afececd@TCOOPER>
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Just wondering, but if you are hosting your own domain shouldn't you have a static ip address? or is there a way to inform dns about your ip address should it change? Randy Grant Cooper wrote: >Ok, I guess my question is, DHCP automatically fills in the host part for >me. But since I host my own domain, should I overload the tellus.ab.ca and >change it to kooper.ca. I was thinking other packages such as sendmail or >qmail would use this thinking my domain is tellus.ab.ca. I couldn't find any >info on that. > >Thanks for the 1000 I was reading up and down that man list. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Samuel Chow" <cyschow@shaw.ca> >To: "Grant Cooper" <grant.cooper@nucleus.com> >Cc: "FreeBSD_Questions (E-mail 2)" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> >Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 12:49 AM >Subject: Re: sticky bit & q-mail and DHCP > > > > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: Grant Cooper >> >> >> >>>1. I am using my home computer that uses a DHCP. In /etc/rc.conf >>>my hostname is automatically entered. I realize this is the name of >>>my computer given to me from my ISP. I purchased my domain >>>kooper.ca. Should I change the hostname in /etc/rc.conf to >>>hostname="dell.kooper.ca". If not, what would the origional host >>>name be used for? I'm sure I should change it. >>> >>> >> The short answer is it doesn't matter. >> Hostname and DNS name are quite different. While you can >> make them the same, they really don't have to be. >> When people lookup dell.kooper.ca, only the DNS >> is used. The hostname is irrelevant. >> >> >> >> >>>2. chmod +t /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-pop3d >>>What does it mean by sticky bit "+ t" >>> >>> >> man chmod >> Look under the MODES section and find 1000. >> >>--- >>Samuel Chow >>cyschow@shaw.ca >> >>Segmentation Fault (core dumped) >>This message is displayed using recycled electrons. >> >> >> >> >> > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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