From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 20 00:25:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA3AA16A420 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:25:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F9AA43D46 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:25:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id k1K0PKRH019990 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:25:20 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.4.27] (shiina.dyn.cs.washington.edu [128.208.4.27]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id k1K0PKlh021803 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:25:20 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: <71911BE8-0176-4C92-9ADF-40980EB336EA@redry.net> References: <9E440663-1793-43C3-A188-2B12012D8F90@redry.net> <20060219181407.03e1625b.bsd-unix@comcast.net> <71911BE8-0176-4C92-9ADF-40980EB336EA@redry.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <25F16C5D-081F-41DF-A631-FC2B3E3D0145@u.washington.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:26:49 -0800 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Subject: Re: hostname X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:25:21 -0000 On Feb 19, 2006, at 3:24 PM, eoghan wrote: > On 19 Feb 2006, at 23:14, Randy Pratt wrote: > >> /etc/rc.conf should contain the hostname in the form of: >> >> hostname="mymachine.example.net" >> >> Some further information can be found in the Handbook: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ >> configtuning-core-configuration.html >> >> HTH, >> >> Randy > > Thanks > I have changed it to "home.nathaniel" > im getting this on boot: > Feb 19 23:19:37 home sm-mta[405]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): > opendaemonsocket: daemon Daemon0: cannot bind: Can't assign > requested address > Feb 19 23:19:37 home sm-mta[405]: daemon Daemon0: problem creating > SMTP socket > Feb 19 23:19:37 home sm-mta[405]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): > opendaemonsocket: daemon Daemon0: server SMTP socket wedged: exiting Try something similar to nathan.localdomain if you don't have either an NIS or DNS domain, since localdomain's kind of like a special keyword AFAIK for non-domain affiliated machines. -Garrett