Date: Wed, 10 May 95 18:18:12 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: AlexAdroog@aol.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /etc/myname Message-ID: <9505110018.AA27916@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <950510200519_114271980@aol.com> from "AlexAdroog@aol.com" at May 10, 95 08:14:26 pm
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> question: What is the purpose, need, reason for the etc/myname file. > What exactlyu is it. This may not be the intended rationale, but I do know that several programs that like to run under IBCS2 use it (SVR3/SCO UNIX binaries). Other than that, it seems useless (the hostname.xxx files where 'xxx' is replaced by the interface name perform the function). Taylor uucp might need it too (I don't run uucp, so I haven't looked at the code lately == couple of years). Some other net supplied software, like MUA's (Mail User Agents) might also use it. We need a testing framework based on ETET so we could delete it and not have to wait to see what breaks. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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