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

~j

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