Here's what I did, but I didn't do all of the steps specified. Is this correct? I want to configure a FQDN for leafnode:
localhost ~ # localhost ~ # localhost ~ # localhost ~ # cat /etc/conf.d/net # This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.* # scripts in /etc/init.d. To create a more complete configuration, # please review /etc/conf.d/net.example and save your configuration # in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!). iface_eth1="dhcp" dhcpcd_eth1="" localhost ~ # localhost ~ # cat /etc/conf.d/hostname #HOSTNAME="livecd" #HOSTNAME="localhost arrakis.doesntexist.org" HOSTNAME="arrakis" #HOSTNAME="localhost" localhost ~ # localhost ~ # cat /etc/hosts # /etc/hosts: Local Host Database # # This file describes a number of aliases-to-address mappings for the for # local hosts that share this file. # # In the presence of the domain name service or NIS, this file may not be # consulted at all; see /etc/host.conf for the resolution order. # # IPv4 and IPv6 localhost aliases #127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.2.110 arrakis.doesntexist.org arrakis ::1 localhost # # Imaginary network. #10.0.0.2 myname #10.0.0.3 myfriend # # According to RFC 1918, you can use the following IP networks for private # nets which will never be connected to the Internet: # # 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 # 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 # 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 # # In case you want to be able to connect directly to the Internet (i.e. not # behind a NAT, ADSL router, etc...), you need real official assigned # numbers. Do not try to invent your own network numbers but instead get one # from your network provider (if any) or from your regional registry (ARIN, # APNIC, LACNIC, RIPE NCC, or AfriNIC.) # localhost ~ # localhost ~ # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] * Stopping apache2 ... [ ok ] * Unmounting network filesystems ... [ ok ] * Stopping eth0 * Bringing down eth0 * Stopping dhcpcd on eth0 ... [ ok ] * Shutting down eth0 ... [ ok ] * Starting eth0 * Configuration not set for eth0 - assuming DHCP * Bringing up eth0 * dhcp * Running dhcpcd ... [ ok ] * eth0 received address 192.168.2.110/24 * Mounting network filesystems ... [ ok ] * Starting apache2 ... [ ok ] localhost ~ # localhost ~ # localhost ~ # hostname -vf gethostname()=`arrakis' Resolving `arrakis' ... Result: h_name=`arrakis.doesntexist.org' Result: h_aliases=`arrakis' Result: h_addr_list=`192.168.2.110' arrakis.doesntexist.org localhost ~ # localhost ~ # date Mon Aug 27 19:07:10 PDT 2007 localhost ~ # localhost ~ # thanks, Thufir -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list