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authordougb <dougb@FreeBSD.org>2009-11-10 03:18:49 +0000
committerdougb <dougb@FreeBSD.org>2009-11-10 03:18:49 +0000
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Add a note about no hostname leading to "Amnesiac" on the console
The text is inspired by the PR, but more in line with the existing text PR: docs/140434 Submitted by: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com>
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diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
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@@ -351,6 +351,9 @@ If
.Xr dhclient 8
is used to set the hostname via DHCP,
this variable should be set to an empty string.
+If this value remains unset when the system is done booting
+your console login will display a default hostname of
+.Dq Amnesiac.
.It Va nisdomainname
.Pq Vt str
The NIS domain name of this host, or
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