Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:53:43 -0000 From: "Barry Byrne" <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> To: "GB" <gregbrooks@blue-mouse.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: How do I change host/domain of a FreeBSD box? Message-ID: <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKKEMPHFAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <001001c1bb97$1fe2fd30$0201a8c0@CITYMOUSE>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1014378824-130-0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1014378826-130-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.411 (Entity 5.404) This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1014378826-130-2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Greg: Make sure your domain is correct in /etc/resolv.conf and also that the name server specified there is correct - unresponsive behaviour is often as the result of DNS timeouts. Cheers, Barry > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of GB > Sent: 22 February 2002 11:50 > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: How do I change host/domain of a FreeBSD box? > > > (Repost from a couple of days ago... no response earlier, and I haven't > been able to solve the issue myself, despite some fiddling with it.) > > > I need to change the host name and domain of my FreeBSD box. Elements of > the current configuration: > > * djbdns installed but NOT configured or started (other than setting up > the user accounts to eventually access it). > > * Ditto for apache, PHP, Perl 5.6.1, sendmail and mysql. > > I tried simply changing things in /etc/rc.conf... ended up with a > machine that would boot, but apache said it couldn't resolve the local > host name during startup (odd, since I hadn't configured apache, merely > installed it) and the machine ran as slow as molasses. Should I make > changes elsewhere as well? > > This is a brand new install, and we just decided to run it under a > different host/domain for administrative reasons.) > > Many thanks, > Greg B. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ------------=_1014378826-130-2-- ------------=_1014378824-130-0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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