Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 21:44:16 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <as@cmplx.uk> To: Manish Jain <jude.obscure@yandex.com> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to set hostname on a cable line? Message-ID: <20180322214416.GB15614@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> In-Reply-To: <86e6405e-a0e0-8d9c-c363-b6537ef4ed8d@yandex.com> References: <201803211834.w2LIY9Jh059885@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> <79cc198c-daa9-1cb2-020f-d11d7d3d396a@yandex.com> <20180321213005.GA73927@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> <20180321232254.3a2dc696.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180322121320.GA66012@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> <86e6405e-a0e0-8d9c-c363-b6537ef4ed8d@yandex.com>
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 08:42:26PM +0530, Manish Jain wrote: > On 03/22/18 17:43, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > No matter what I put there, > > ssh `hostname` will not work, because > > my randomly chosen hostname will not resolve to my IP! > > Hi Anton, > > I suppose you have already tried something like this, but I just wanted > to be sure: can you not 1) put fqdn in rc.conf; and then 2) put the IP > for the machine's fqdn in /etc/hosts on the box that needs to ssh ? That did it, thanks! Sorry for being so dumb. I never need to dial into this laptop from outside, so this is all I need. As somebody else suggested, I'll probably need to pay for a better service, which will include some DNS if I need a proper FQDN. Thanks again Anton
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