Changes Hostname on FreeBSD 10

mike_plumbs

I've tried changing the hostname on my FreeBSD box. Changed it in rc.conf, dhclient.conf and tried to set it manually but it still uses the old one. Also samba uses the old one despite its settings.

Originally asked by user1667906 on Stack Exchange (superuser) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Try doing this: Change the hostname in: /etc/hostname /etc/mailname /etc/postfix/main.cf /etc/hosts and then run the command: hostname -F /etc/hostname

Full answer by Harshal Benake: https://superuser.stackexchange.com/a/821398 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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