From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 16 8: 5:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post-20.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 903F315309 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 08:05:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post-20.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 10MwLL-0004OD-0K; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:05:24 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id QAA03835; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:05:18 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (gppsun4) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA10840; Tue, 16 Mar 99 16:05:17 GMT Message-Id: <36EE8126.28ABD0C4@uk.radan.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:04:54 +0000 From: Mark Ovens Organization: Radan Computational Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) X-Accept-Language: en-GB Mime-Version: 1.0 To: "Open Systems Inc." Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing the output of uname? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Open Systems Inc." wrote: > > I was wondering if it is possible to change the name output of > uname to report a different OS? > > We bought some security software (Modified NFR) but it only > supports OpenBSD. I *can* install OpenBSD but I really really really do > not want to loose IPSTEALTH, Fast Forwarding, etc.. on a FreeBSD box. > Since this is a security gateway. I would like it to remain invisble and > FAST. Netiher of which im convinced OBSD is able to do. But the main point > is the CDROM install media has a simple script that looks for BSDI, OBSD, > or solaris. The only binary app it installs is a modified kernel to the > target OS. I dont care about that. I just want to know if I can change the > uname output to report OpenBSD rather than FreeBSD and work around the > install program? > > This may sound like a lot of effort but I am going to try > everything I can to keep FreeBSD as the OS. I realy don't want to be stuck > placing an OpenBSD box at my border with a T-3 connection. I want my > ipstealth and fast forwarding! :-) > Does this need to be a permanent change or just while you install the s/w? If it's permanent I suspect it may stop other things working. If you only need it to do the install, why not write your own program that returns the string you need and replace /bin/uname temporarily (backup the original first ;-) ). > Thanks > Chris > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message