Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site luke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!bene!luke!itkin From: itkin@luke.UUCP (Steven List) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: host name conflicts (help!) Message-ID: <325@luke.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 12:38:46 EDT Article-I.D.: luke.325 Posted: Wed Aug 21 12:38:46 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 14:37:11 EDT References: <115@mcgill-vision.UUCP> Reply-To: itkin@luke.UUCP (Steven List) Organization: Benetics Corp, Mt.View, CA Lines: 15 Summary: In article <115@mcgill-vision.UUCP> mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes: >But then we started getting news. Surprise! Rnews expects >gethostname() to return the machine's news hostname! So when our news >feed runs uucp to us rnews refuses to work right. When you configure your news software, it asks if it should use gethostname or uuname. Just set the proper define in defs.h (actually, you can just leave out the defines for UNAME and GHNAME - then it will default to uuname -l). -- *** * Steven List @ Benetics Corporation, Mt. View, CA * Just part of the stock at "Uncle Bene's Farm" * {cdp,greipa,idi,oliveb,sun,tolerant}!bene!luke!itkin ***