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Article #470Re: mvdir able to move /etc [UUCP node name not compiled in]
From: merlyn
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1987 13:11
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1987 13:11
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> ...so far the only > advantages I can see in S5 are: > ... > Against this must be balanced: > ... > 6) The uucp node name is COMPILED into the kernel! This was true before System V Release 2 (SVR2). With SVR2 on the 3B2 (I'm not sure about SVR2 on other machines), one can issue the command uname -S new-name to change the ``UUCP node name'' (it changes the "sysname" and "nodename" parts of the "utsname" structure in uname(2)). Also, as far as just ``UUCP node name'' is concerned (i.e. the name UUCP calls the local machine when communicating with a remote machine) this can be changed with the (undocumented) MYNAME= field in the Permissions file (SVR2 again, or with HDB UUCP). Steve Humphrey ihnp4!avalon!merlyn
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!princeton!allegra!ulysses!mhuxt!ihnp4!drutx!mtuxo!pegasus!phoenix!poseidon!popeye!naples!avalon!merlyn From: merlyn@avalon.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: mvdir able to move /etc [UUCP node name not compiled in] Message-ID: <279@avalon.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Jan-87 08:11:13 EST Article-I.D.: avalon.279 Posted: Thu Jan 22 08:11:13 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Jan-87 22:32:05 EST References: <376@oblio.UUCP> <1987Jan14.123035.20364@sq.uucp> <248@houxa.UUCP> Organization: AT&T, Summit NJ Lines: 24 Keywords: UUCP node Summary: UUCP node name NOT compiled into kernel with SVR2