I will be installing FreeBSD for the first time. I was wondering what is the convention for the "Set Hostname" dialog box. The FreeBSD Handbook says, it should be "a hostname that is unique for the network. It should be a fully-qualified hostname, such as
I am trying to install FreeBSD 12.0 on a laptop I just got today that I will use as my primary computer at home. I do own some domain names, but most of them are attached to external Web hosting. What should I enter for the hostname? I couldn't find any consistent answer.
machine3.example.com
." But in Absolute FreeBSD, 3rd Edition, the author says, "I'm my own network administrator, so I can use any name I want. Your organization might have different rules." In that book, the author sets the hostname to dangitbert
.I am trying to install FreeBSD 12.0 on a laptop I just got today that I will use as my primary computer at home. I do own some domain names, but most of them are attached to external Web hosting. What should I enter for the hostname? I couldn't find any consistent answer.