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Old 10th December 2010
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Originally Posted by jackthechemist View Post
it's a little disappointing that the OpenBSD installation let me set my domain-name to "^_^"
I can't claim that I can give a definitive reason why this is the case other than:
  • The domain name is written to /etc/myname. If you want to change it, open up the file as root or preferably through sudo(8) or su(1).
  • The installation process is done simply by a shell script. The community sees this as a plus. The installation script is not meant to save users from themselves. It is meant to be a minimalistic tool which gets the job done.
It is also worth repeating that while the OpenBSD developers do make the results of their efforts available to the public with a minimum of restrictions (meaning the BSD license...), the target audience of OpenBSD is the OpenBSD developers themselves. The rest of us sponge off their work. The stated goals of the project can be found at the following:

http://www.openbsd.org/goals.html
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