Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1+some 2/3/84; site dual.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!dual!mats From: mats@dual.UUCP (Mats Wichmann) Newsgroups: net.bugs.uucp Subject: Re: How to change nodenames (chgnod) Message-ID: <817@dual.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 10:10:51 EDT Article-I.D.: dual.817 Posted: Thu Sep 27 10:10:51 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Sep-84 08:39:03 EDT References: <801@dual.UUCP> <16100001@uiucuxc.UUCP> Organization: Dual Systems, Berkeley, CA Lines: 15 Yeah, /etc/chgnod is a UniSoftism - they wrote it apparently because I screamed very loudly about the very thing just discussed here - System III/V machines should NOT be shipped without a way to change the nodename. It is basically a script of commands for adb, nothing too complex, except for making sure that exactly the right number of characters are edited into /unix (or whatever name is specified). I won't post it here because UniSoft probably considers it proprietary (well, maybe), but I will mail a copy of the analagous thing that I developed while I was waiting to people who want it. This approach is certainly better for us than the old way, which had unisoft compiled into the mail program....it makes some sense to get the node name out of uname....