Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 22:59:09 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Uname -v incorrect Message-ID: <20031011205909.GA92571@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <003001c39038$9287af80$04fea8c0@moe> References: <003001c39038$9287af80$04fea8c0@moe>
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On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 03:45:14PM -0500, Charles Howse wrote: > Hi, > I recently changed the hostname of one of my machines in /etc/rc.conf. > Now my uname -v output is still showing the old name. > I've run uname -a here so you can see the complete output, the -v stuff > comes after the '#0:' > Will this change with a rebuild? > > [root@larry ~]# uname -a > FreeBSD larry.howse.homeunix.net 4.8-RELEASE-p13 FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p13 > #0: Wed Oct 8 09:38:04 CDT 2003 > root@larry.howse.no-ip.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM i386 The hostname displayed by 'uname -v' is not the name of the host the kernel is running on. It is the name of the host the kernel was built on. A rebuild will indeed change the hostname displayed by 'uname -v'. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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