> I think some very basic information identifying a host should be kept
> in its own place:
>
> host name and ip address for each network interface
>
> And I like the way SunOS does it: The file hostname.<if> contains the
> machine's host name, where <if> is the name of the network interface.
In /etc/rc.conf have the typical
network_interfaces="lo0 fxp0"
line, but don't have a
ifconfig_fxp0="...."
this will cause ``/etc/rc.network'' to run this code:
# Set up all the network interfaces, calling startup scripts if needed
for ifn in ${network_interfaces}; do
if [ -e /etc/start_if.${ifn} ]; then
. /etc/start_if.${ifn}
fi
This is how DHCP users run ``/sbin/dhclient''. So in
``/etc/start_if.fxp0'' you can place ``hostname foo.bar.com'' along with
a ``ifconfig fxp0'' line.
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-- David (obr...@nuxi.com -or- obr...@freebsd.org)
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