Re: My boss doesn't like Linux HELP!!!

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From: mib
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 00:00

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marc@zip.com.au (Marc Butler) writes:

>Rey (you@somehost.somedomain) wrote:
>: When I type uname -a I get "Linux 1.2.13". How do I change that?
> Edit or replace /etc/issue which is just a text file. However,

Actually, short of hacking the kernel source you can't change what
uname -[sr] return, as the uname system call snarfs them straight from
the kernel.  How about just replacing uname with a script to echo
whatever you want?

 - Mike

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