On Jul 20 22:14:52, h...@stare.cz wrote: > I believe I have bitched about this before, > but I have come to it again with new install. > > If I use [dhcp] to configure an interface during an install, > the ephemeral DHCP-assigned address gets written into /etc/hosts. > > That address is meaningless after the reboot, possibly even > conflicting when I later decide on a fixed IP for the machine. > > Should it be removed from /etc/hosts after the install, > when we have DNS set up and all? Should it at least > be mentioned in afterboot(8)?
--- afterboot.8.orig Sat Jul 20 22:24:03 2013 +++ afterboot.8 Sat Jul 20 22:28:51 2013 @@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ if it needs to be changed. You will also need to edit the .Pa /etc/myname file to have it stick around for the next reboot. +.Pp +Note that the hostname chosen during installation is saved in +.Pa /etc/hosts +with whatever address was used then. +If you later decide on another address for the machine, +remember to remove the conflicting one from +.Pa /etc/hosts . .Ss Verify network interface configuration The first thing to do is an .Ic ifconfig -a
