stef%NMA@uci-icsa.ARPA (08/31/85)
ATTEN: gww@aphasia.UUCP
Your question is not as dumb as the problem with compiled-in machine names.
I once had a Callan, and a WICAT before that. Same problems, and worse.
Then I moved to an ALTOS-586 XENIX and it also has the machine name compiled
into the uucp programs. We solved the problem with a C program written to
find and replace the compiled-in name string in the following binary programs.
/bin/{mail*,rmail*,uucp*,uulog*,uux*}
When you do this, be very careful to remember (and restore) the original
ownership and protections on all those files. As I recall it is neither
intuitive nor obvious to a casual observer. (E.G. DO IT CAREFULLY!)
-rws--x--x 1 root 14218 Jul 25 21:03 /bin/mail*
-rws--x--x 1 root 14218 Jul 25 21:04 /bin/rmail*
-rws--x--x 1 uucp 21246 Jul 25 21:04 /bin/uucp*
-rwx--x--x 1 bin 12092 Jul 25 21:05 /bin/uulog*
-rws--x--x 1 uucp 20698 Jul 25 21:05 /bin/uux*
You might call this solution bizzarre or even baroque, but it works,
without chasing source on variant machines, and without violation of
licences, etc, et al, ad nauseum ...
Try it, You might Like It. --- stef@uci-icsa.arpa
stef%nma@uci-icsa.arpa
stef@brl-aos.arpa
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Reply-To: INFO-UNIX@BRL.ARPAjeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist) (09/02/85)
In article <1145@brl-tgr.ARPA> stef%NMA@uci-icsa.ARPA writes: >ATTEN: gww@aphasia.UUCP > >Your question is not as dumb as the problem with compiled-in machine names. >Then I moved to an ALTOS-586 XENIX and it also has the machine name compiled >into the uucp programs. We solved the problem with a C program written to >find and replace the compiled-in name string in the following binary programs. > > /bin/{mail*,rmail*,uucp*,uulog*,uux*} If you opt for this solution (I've done it myself), be sure that you use a machine name THE SAME LENGTH OR SHORTER than the compiled-in name. (I.e., it must be a null-terminated string and must not overwrite the next string beyond it.) jeq