curci@vsserv.scri.fsu.edu (Raymond Curci) (10/03/89)
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. I am sure it would be possible to change the name if I had source code, but that is not an option. There is no /etc/systemid as in Xenix. Is there some trick that I am missing, or must I change the hostname to 'fsu.scri.fsu.edu' to get the desired effect? Raymond Curci
grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) (10/04/89)
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 but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)