Am 26. Jun, 2002 schwätzte slr so:

>                             i tried the hostname from cli, but it will not
> change the machines hostname. it only makes the change AFAIK, to the hostname

As listed in the manpage:

hostname - show or set the system's host name

That should work for a running system. George is right that the system
probably gets the name from /etc/rc.config at boot time.

> listed when entering #hostname. i have yet to rgrep etc, i am caught in a
> battle with netsaint's cgi permissions. but thats another issue, and if your
> interested in that issue i can give you the low down on it.

Bring it up on list. Some of us have struggled with netsaint, so might be
able to help you.

ciao,

der.hans
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