Subject: Re: hardcoding uname
To: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/31/2000 06:41:52
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Todd Vierling wrote:
> 	syssrc/sys/compat/linux/common: linux_misc.c linux_oldolduname.c
> 	    linux_olduname.c linux_types.h
> 
> Log Message:
> Hardcode what the linux uname() calls return (Linux 2.2.5 is the current
> value). A few major applications check for this (like VMware), and
> there is no other way to trick them. Needs a more generic solution
> eventually.


How about making this per-process flags that e.g. a vmware (netscape,
...) wrapper script can set as appropriate, and then all sub-processes get
the changed names?

Also, it seems Solaris has a setuname command... (though it does only
allow changing /etc/nodename and .. i forgot ;).


 - Hubert
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Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>