The
myname
and
mygate
files are read by
netstart(8)
at system startup time.
/etc/myname
contains the symbolic name of the host machine.
The file should contain a single line specifying the
fully qualified domain name
(FQDN)
of the system
(e.g. host.example.com).
The name must be resolvable, either by matching a hostname specified in
/etc/hosts
(see
hosts(5))
or through DNS
(see
resolv.conf(5/)).
The hostname is set via the
hostname(1)
utility at boot time.
See
hostname(7)
for a description of hostname resolution.
/etc/mygate,
if it exists,
contains the address of the gateway host.
The gateway is added to the routing tables by the
route(8)
utility.
If
/etc/mygate
does not exist, no default gateway is added to the routing tables.
The file may contain gateway addresses for both IPv4 and IPv6 networks:
in dotted quad notation for v4
(e.g. 192.0.2.0)
or in colon notation for v6
(e.g. 2001:1234:5678::1).
Each address must be specified on a separate line.
If more than one address of a specific family is found,
only the first is used \- all other addresses of that family are ignored.
/etc/mygate
is processed after all interfaces have been configured.
If any
hostname.if(5)
files contain
“dhcp”
directives,
IPv4 entries in
/etc/mygate
will be ignored.
If they contain
“rtsol”
directives,
IPv6 entries will be ignored.
Empty lines and lines beginning with
‘#’
in either file are ignored.