From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 16 7:38:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from jaguar.ir.miami.edu (jaguar.ir.miami.edu [129.171.32.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FF5F150C8 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 07:38:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcus@miami.edu) Received: from jaguar.ir.miami.edu ("port 3631"@jaguar.ir.miami.edu [129.171.32.10]) by jaguar.ir.miami.edu (PMDF V5.2-29 #30976) with ESMTP id <0F8P004OE23RIE@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 10:38:15 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 10:38:15 -0500 (EST) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" Subject: Re: Changing the output of uname? In-reply-to: To: "Open Systems Inc." Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Just write a temporary shell script to output OpenBSD. Replace uname with that, then move it back when you're done. Joe Clarke #!/bin/sh echo OpenBSD On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Open Systems Inc. wrote: > > I was wondering if it is possible to change the name output of > uname to report a different OS? > > We bought some security software (Modified NFR) but it only > supports OpenBSD. I *can* install OpenBSD but I really really really do > not want to loose IPSTEALTH, Fast Forwarding, etc.. on a FreeBSD box. > Since this is a security gateway. I would like it to remain invisble and > FAST. Netiher of which im convinced OBSD is able to do. But the main point > is the CDROM install media has a simple script that looks for BSDI, OBSD, > or solaris. The only binary app it installs is a modified kernel to the > target OS. I dont care about that. I just want to know if I can change the > uname output to report OpenBSD rather than FreeBSD and work around the > install program? > > This may sound like a lot of effort but I am going to try > everything I can to keep FreeBSD as the OS. I realy don't want to be stuck > placing an OpenBSD box at my border with a T-3 connection. I want my > ipstealth and fast forwarding! :-) > > Thanks > Chris > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message