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- From: wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong)
- Subject: Re: quick q
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.065508.6345@sfu.ca>
- Sender: news@sfu.ca
- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <1993Jan6.071608.4248@wuecl.wustl.edu> <1993Jan10.202059.5632@csd.uwe.ac.uk> <1993Jan11.004800.22005@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 06:55:08 GMT
- Lines: 92
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- In article <1993Jan11.004800.22005@cbfsb.cb.att.com> wto@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (William T. O Connell) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan10.202059.5632@csd.uwe.ac.uk>, root@slave.uwe.ac.uk (Operator (Phil/Dylan)) writes:
- >> In article <1993Jan7.034007.26946@sfu.ca>, wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong)
- >> writes:
- >> |> In article <1993Jan6.080443.10051@cbfsb.cb.att.com> wto@cbnewsg.cb.att.com
- >> |> (William T. O Connell) writes:
- >> |> >In article <1993Jan6.071608.4248@wuecl.wustl.edu> ppc1@cec2.wustl.edu (Peter
- >> |> Pui Tak Chiu) writes:
- >>
- >> |> >Put 'hostname <something you like>' in you rc file.
- >>
- >> it's usually specified in the rc.local (for linux)
- >>
- >>
- >> |> trying to ask is that (root@softland) thing. Well. Considering he
- >> |> didn't specify where, I could be given some leeway in interpretation here.
- >> |> But like, for that (root@softland) to be changed to (root@?????), I think
- >> |> he'd need to recompile the kernel under the ????? hostname, am I correct?
- >>
- >> wrong,....
- >>
- >> several files come into play
- >>
- >> /etc/issue
- >> /etc/motd
- >> /etc/rc.local (normally where the hostname is defined NOT the /etc/rc)
- >>
- >
- >Agree, BUT it's the administrator's own preference where (s)he puts it.
-
- Which adds another tag to that where-should-I-put-<command>-?-type
- mail. :). Which kinda makes me wonder though. I placed my
- '/bin/hostname eagles' in my rc.net file at first. Then someone
- complained that it should be in the /etc/rc.local file. FINE.. I
- changed it and placed it in the /etc/rc.local file. But figured, hell
- might as well put it in the /etc/rc file, considering that file
- executes /etc/rc.local which in turn executes /etc/inet/rc.net file.
-
- But my question is, not whether where I'd like to put my commands,
- but if I put my commands where they are, would it affect the system's
- actual performance, in the sense that, would the system start to
- choke when it can't find a command, or when it finds an extra
- command in a particularly IMPORTANT file, like /etc/rc, or /etc/inet/rc.net.
-
- Which makes me wonder, Since /etc/rc executes (in)directly /etc/rc.local
- and /etc/inet/rc.net file, why can't I just stick the contents of /etc/
- rc.local and the contents of /etc/inet/rc.net into /etc/rc?
-
- I didn't do that because, being a beginner at Linux, I wasn't sure
- if that move would be deemed as wise, considering I don't REALLY know
- what gets executed, or if a missing file would kill the system.
- /
- >
- >
- >> depending on what shell (s)he runs, it can also be hard coded into your
- >> prompt statement rather tha using enviroment variables
- >
- >You say that the above responder is WRONG? Either we are talking about
- >two different things or your post is wrong. Since he was talking about
- >recompiling the kernel, I believe the responder above was referring to
- >the line at bootup time that contains (root@softland) as follows:
- > . . .
- > Partion table ok
- > Linux Version 0.99.pl2-66 (root@ranger) 01/08/93 01:02:04
- > ===== /etc/rc running ======
- > . . .
- >Where mine says (root@ranger).
- >
- >He's right, you do need to recompile the kernel. It has nothing to
- >do with /etc/issue or /etc/motd. Now, those two files might have also
- >contain (root@softland), my memory fades me :-), which the previous
- >poster could be referring to?
-
- Heck, at least someone agrees that, considering the fact that the
- ORIGINAL poster did not specify WHICH (root@softland) he wanted to
- change, I should be given the liberty of assuming that he was talking
- about the (root@softland) during boottime. And I really don't
- believe that I got totally hassled because of that post. *sigh*
-
- But tell me. I was technically right, right? I just want some
- reassurance because after two "No you are definitely wrong" email,
- I got kinda jittery with even posting on here...
-
- >
-
-
-
-
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