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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: How can I change uucp name w/o changing `hostname`?
Message-ID: <8075@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 4 Oct 89 00:03:55 GMT
References: <238@vsserv.scri.fsu.edu>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <238@vsserv.scri.fsu.edu> curci@vsserv.scri.fsu.edu (Raymond Curci) writes:
> I have an ULTRIX server on the internet and am about to connect a few
> UUCP sites that will poll us.  We are using the domain name system
> and the hostname of the machine in question is 'vsserv.scri.fsu.edu'.
> For simplicity, I would like the uucp name (`uuname -l`) to read 'fsu'.
> UUCP seems to be getting the system name from the `hostname` command,
> truncating anything after the first period if any.

Unless you wish to patch the uucp executable to return some fixed name,
that's what you get - no override or aliasing available...

-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
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Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)