Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 14:17:14 -0600 From: "Hudson, Henrik H." <hhudson@eschelon.com> To: 'j mckitrick' <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: (silly) domain name question Message-ID: <C1781C38F13DA040848FEFAD07311B10459781@walleye.corp.fishnet.com>
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Hello Jon- The IP address is what is really important to a system when getting on the net. When you connect to your ISP via PPP, the ISP assigns you a IP number. A good ISP will have a reverse lookup on that number assigned as well (normally something cryptic like ppp-dynamic004.domain.com).The IP address that is assigned to your PPP interface is what is used to communicate. The name of your machine stays local. Just be careful to not start using that for return emails, etc...they won't work. To actually change your name. Edit the rc.conf file in /etc and change the line which says: hostname="localhost" to be hostname="WHATEVER.WHATEVER.COM" You may also want to add the name to the /etc/hosts file so you can talk to yourself via name. Henrik --- Henrik Hudson -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of j mckitrick Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 13:50 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: (silly) domain name question Hi, I would like to name my machine, but it is a laptop with only a dialup connection, and I do not own a domain name. Can I use a name that will only apply to my local machine but will not confuse the nameservers or connections to the outside world? I would like to be something other than 'localhost.localdomain' Jonathon -- "The spice must flow...." 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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