* On 2002.04.04, in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, * "Will Yardley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > also, the fact that the 'hostname' command in FreeBSD has a '-s' switch > (which trims off any domain information) seems to indicate that at least > some people set it this way; uname -n seems to report the same thing as > hostname:
I know that some systems' default installers do this in these latter days, but I've never seen a reason for it, and I always undo it after installation with no ill effects. My computer's name (nodename) has nothing to do with the IP interfaces it supports. I've had systems with many IP addresses, but none of them tell me the identity of the machine -- just what services it should be expected to offer. -- -D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] NSIT University of Chicago
