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from James Jerkins

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.Dd $Mdocdate: July 1 2021 $
.Dt MYNAME 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm myname
.Nd default hostname
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm myname
file is read by
.Xr rc 8
at system startup time.
.Pp
.Pa /etc/myname
contains the symbolic name of the host machine.
The file should contain a single line specifying the
fully qualified domain name
.Pq FQDN
of the system
.Pq e.g. host.example.com .
The name must be resolvable, either by matching a hostname specified in
.Pa /etc/hosts
(see
.Xr hosts 5 )
or through DNS
(see
.Xr resolv.conf 5 ) .
The hostname is set via the
.Xr hostname 1
utility at boot time.
See
.Xr hostname 7
for a description of hostname resolution.
.Pp
Empty lines and lines beginning with
.Sq #
are ignored.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/myname" -compact
.It Pa /etc/myname
Default hostname.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr hostname 1 ,
.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
.Xr hosts 5 ,
.Xr resolv.conf 5 ,
.Xr hostname 7 ,
.Xr rc 8
.Sh HISTORY
This manual page first appeared in
.Ox 3.4 .