Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:20:11 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG, akosela@andykosela.com, jilles@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: standards/137173: `uname -n` incorrect behavior Message-ID: <200909230820.n8N8KBDC002448@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <4ab93cca.vZr1%2BIV6M72iTd1N%akosela@andykosela.com>
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Andy Kosela wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > > Just for the record: > > The claim that Solaris doesn't print the FQDN is incorrect. > > Solaris prints whatever the admin has configured in /etc/nodename. > > If the admin has configured the FQDN, "uname -n" will print the FQDN. > > AFAIK it is the same for HP-UX. > > > > So, FreeBSD really behaves the same as Solaris and HP-UX: > > If you configure the hostname to be the FQDN, "uname -n" will print it, > > just like the "hostname" command. > > FYI > > # uname -a > HP-UX vital15 B.11.23 U ia64 1058748580 unlimited-user license > # uname -n > vital15 > # hostname > vital15.testdrive.hp.com > > so NODENAME != HOSTNAME > > The startup variable NODENAME is the UUCP name which is returned by > uname -n, while the HOSTNAME variable sets the networking (ARPA, NFS, > etc) name, which can be 64 chars long (see /usr/include/sys/param.h for > MAXHOSTNAMELEN). HOSTNAME can be much longer than 8 characters BUT only > if you define an 8-character or less NODENAME in the > /etc/rc.config.d/netconf file. Thanks for pointing that out. So Solaris is more modern than HP-UX. ;-) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things." -- Doug Gwyn
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