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Date:      Tue, 4 Mar 2003 03:10:13 +0100
From:      Martin Karlsson <mk-freebsd@bredband.net>
To:        Martin Karlsson <mk-freebsd@bredband.net>
Cc:        Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com, questions@freebsd.org, sdbug@sdbug.org
Subject:   Please ignore (Was: Re: SBC DSL vs Fbsd 4.7 PPPoE?)
Message-ID:  <20030304021013.GA59850@c-483a70d5.036-23-6f72652.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se>
In-Reply-To: <20030304020104.GJ1487@c-483a70d5.036-23-6f72652.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se>
References:  <20030304010550.F214264C2E@mail.cloud9.net> <20030304020104.GJ1487@c-483a70d5.036-23-6f72652.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se>

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* Martin Karlsson <mk-freebsd@bredband.net> [2003-03-04 03.01 +0100]:
> 
> * Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> [2003-03-03 17.05 -0800]:
> [SNIP] 
> > Also, how do I know what hostname to set in my rc.conf file ... before
> > I've been assigned a dynamic IP??
> 
> Hi. Using DHCP you should be assigned a hostname automatically. No
> need to set HOSTNAME manually in /etc/rc.conf.
> 
> If not assigned one (sadly, this happens with some ISPs),
> whip up a script that finds your IP in /var/db/dhclient.leases and
> runs it through host(1) and then sets it as your hostname.
> Have it run on startup by naming it whatever.sh, make it executable
> and put it in /usr/local/etc/rc.d.

Sorry, I see now you're asking about something else. *blushes*

-- 
Martin Karlsson

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