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- Subject: Re: gethostname library function
- Date: Wed, 06 Oct 93 17:12:27 +0100
- From: sjg
- X-Mts: smtp
-
- > >Comments ?
- >
- > I agree, even better would be not to trust the HOSTNAME environment
- > variable! :-)
- >
- > I believe MiNT should hold at least two things..
- > A hostname
- > A domainname
- >
- > In a root read-writable, non-root read-only shared memory segment.
-
- Hmm - seems like a good idea. Could set the variables in the mint.cnf file
- (or store them in the kernel)
-
- > It would be nice if it could hold other such information as well (such as
- > possibly an IP address etc).
-
- Have to wait for tcpip first :-)
-
- Simon.
-