Re: changing hostname

[Jonathan T. Sage]

Marco Beishuizen wrote:

Hi,

I would like to change the hostname of one of my machines without a
reboot. Is it enough to change my rc.conf and run the /etc/netstart script
or do I have to do something else?

man hostname(1):

NAME
     hostname -- set or print name of current host system

SYNOPSIS
     hostname [-s] [name-of-host]

a simple

# hostname new.host.name

should do what you're asking. also add it to rc.conf so the changes stay on next reboot

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