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Date:      19 Jan 2001 12:32:53 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        cjclark@alum.mit.edu
Cc:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bin/24444: syslogd(8) does not update hostname
Message-ID:  <xzphf2v22vu.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: cjclark@reflexcom.com's message of "Thu, 18 Jan 2001 19:30:25 -0800 (PST)"
References:  <200101190330.f0J3UPa75677@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com>

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cjclark@reflexcom.com writes:
> 	I propose that syslogd(8) should reload the hostname with a
> SIGHUP. I cannot think of any reason that one should not update the
> hostname, but as I pointed out, there are reasons why one would want
> that behavior.

It should also log a message if the hostname changes.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org


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