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From: mdc@mcp.entity.com (Marty Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: uname(2) on Altos 2000?
Message-ID: <167@mcp.entity.com>
Date: 17 Apr 88 21:51:21 GMT
References: <267@amanue.UUCP> <173@turnkey.TCC.COM> <208@blblbl.UUCP>
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Summary: well, maybe not *that* easy

In article <208@blblbl.UUCP>, henrik@blblbl.UUCP (Larry DeLuca) writes:

> Folks, it's really *quite* easy.  Put the node name in /etc/systemid.  That's
> all there is to it.			larry...

On a box running SCO Xenix 2.2.1 you should do:

   cd /usr/sys/conf
   ./configure
   10
   <new name>
   q
   y

and reboot the system.  Changing /etc/systemid will not change the
name that the kernel reports via a system call.

We found this out when bringing up News.  It is a little strange that
this requires re-linking the kernel.  

But, as a fellow on TV just said...   'you have my word on it.'

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Marty Connor
Director of Innovation, The Entity
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