> On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 03:45:14PM -0500, Charles Howse wrote: > > Hi, > > I recently changed the hostname of one of my machines in > /etc/rc.conf. > > Now my uname -v output is still showing the old name. > > I've run uname -a here so you can see the complete output, > the -v stuff > > comes after the '#0:' > > Will this change with a rebuild? > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# uname -a > > FreeBSD larry.howse.homeunix.net 4.8-RELEASE-p13 FreeBSD > 4.8-RELEASE-p13 > > #0: Wed Oct 8 09:38:04 CDT 2003 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM i386 > > The hostname displayed by 'uname -v' is not the name of the host the > kernel is running on. > It is the name of the host the kernel was built on. > A rebuild will indeed change the hostname displayed by 'uname -v'.
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