From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 31 03:19:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F91B106567A for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:19:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 208D88FC15 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:19:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl151-101.kln.forthnet.gr [62.1.242.101]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id m6V3J0AA018290 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:19:07 +0300 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6V3J0IO084158; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:19:00 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m6V3IxRt084157; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:18:59 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Markus Mueller References: <4891256E.6090903@yahoo.de> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:18:59 +0300 In-Reply-To: <4891256E.6090903@yahoo.de> (Markus Mueller's message of "Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:37:34 +0200") Message-ID: <87d4kuvizg.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-MailScanner-ID: m6V3J0AA018290 X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-4.007, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.39, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: own OS-Name X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:19:11 -0000 On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:37:34 +0200, Markus Mueller wrote: > I will create my own *BSD OS based on FreeBSD. How can I change the > Name of this OS ? I mean, that in Logfiles, for example, of servers, > which I connect by sufing in the web and in application which locate > the OS instead "FREEBSD" an another OS-Name "MyOS-Name" will be > displayed. By editing all the places where the string 'FreeBSD' appears This sounds a bit like 'stating the obvious', but if you are really going to create a *new* OS, it's the only valid answer. The license of many parts of FreeBSD permits this sort of thing, and there is _nothing_ that can stop you from doing that. Having said that, what you want to do is a fairly daunting task, and changing the name is probably going to be the *least* difficult part of it all, once you grab a copy of the source tree and start hacking on it. Good luck with your efforts :-)