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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?
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:53:43 -0000
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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.
>
>
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