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Re: [MiNT] /etc/host vs /etc/hostname

To: Guido Flohr <gufl0000@stud.uni-sb.de>
Subject: Re: [MiNT] /etc/host vs /etc/hostname
From: Martin-Eric Racine <q-funk@pp.fishpool.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 10:34:00 +0300 (EEST)
Cc: MiNT mailing list <mint@fishpool.com>
In-reply-to: <19990629170000.G309@zowee.rz.uni-sb.de>
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> The package contains stuff that we have in MiNTNet, like ifconfig, route,

Indeed.

> Problems when porting: MiNT does not allow to set the host or domainname.

The way I would port it is to purposely _not_ support the SET functions,
only support the GET functions.  This way, the only way one can change
the hostname is by altering the configs as root, but users can still
call the command to read the full hostname, such as in scripts.

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