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Date:      Tue, 4 Jun 2002 14:12:36 -0700
From:      Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@dsl-only.com>
To:        "Henning, Brian" <brian.henning@navitaire.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: domain name
Message-ID:  <20020604141236.519c6817.nkinkade@dsl-only.com>
In-Reply-To: <E1846117A30764468D2192D5A48541CC03894778@exchange.Navitaire.com>
References:  <E1846117A30764468D2192D5A48541CC03894778@exchange.Navitaire.com>

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On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:56:21 -0500 
"Henning, Brian" <brian.henning@navitaire.com> wrote:

> Hello-
> I would like to know what config files determine the domain name of my
> bsd box. I am just not sure how to set the domain name other than
> through the install program /stand/sysintall.
> Thanks,
> brian

/etc/rc.conf is where your domain name is usually set at boot with
hostname="host.domain.something"
`uname -n` will give you your hostname as well as
sysctl kern.hostname

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