Re: uname -n output from where?

[Saad Kadhi <bsdguy@docisland.org>]

On Wed, 2002-01-02 at 00:13, Darren Spruell wrote:
> Where does `uname -n` pull its info from?  I had thought it was
> from /etc/myname, but as seen:
> 
> root@Molodetz# uname -n
> Molodetz
> root@Molodetz# cat /etc/myname
> molodetz
> 
> The case is different.  What gives?
if you have changed the contents of /etc/myname without rebooting &
issuing the uname -n, then that's normal. you have to reboot for the
changes to take effect. man hostname(1) for more info.


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