Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!batcomputer!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato!aukuni.ac.nz!russell From: russell@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell J Fulton;ccc032u) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: hostname and domain name server. Message-ID: <1990Dec17.003707.17987@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> Date: 17 Dec 90 00:37:07 GMT References: <1990Dec16.212236.6857@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> Distribution: comp Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand. Lines: 12 A bit more research shows that uname (which elm uses) returns the first 8 chars of the hostname. In our case ccu1.auk. which is clearly wrong. We are considering changing our hostname back to ccu1. Can anybody forsee problems with this?? Thanks, Russell. -- Russell Fulton, Computer Center, University of Auckland, New Zealand.