Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 3/23/84; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!cbosgd!mark From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) Newsgroups: net.bugs.uucp Subject: Re: How to change nodenames Message-ID: <299@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Sep-84 11:38:01 EDT Article-I.D.: cbosgd.299 Posted: Wed Sep 12 11:38:01 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Sep-84 07:08:41 EDT References: <750@enea.UUCP>, <801@dual.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 8 In answer to Erik Fair's question about Xenix and uname: As I understand it, the old V7 based Xenix (Xenix version 2.0, I think) has the compiled in name. The current version (3.0) is System III based, but still provides no way to change what the uname system call or command return (which is the null string.) However, all their code reads the file /etc/systemid, so changing the file works fine for mail and uucp purposes.