> -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Haar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 5:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Qmail-scanner-general]hostname call > > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 10:49:49AM +0000, Mark Powell wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there any reason that the hostname cannot be discovered with: > > > > use Sys::Hostname; > > my $hostname = hostname; > > > > rather than being hardcoded. When a new virus comes along (like > > ClamAV's > > Unfortunately, "use Sys::Hostname" actually forks off a call > to "hostname" on most OSes. I didn't like that extra fork > being needed, so I hardwired it... > > I understand your concern 'tho, maybe that optimization > should be dropped. > > Is there anything other than $hostname that is hardwired? >
I dont really give a damn about the system hostname... we are using qmail, therefore you should use /var/qmail/control/me i change it to this... # HOSTNAME GRABBED DYNAMICALLY open(ME,"/var/qmail/control/me"); flock(ME,2); my $temphost=<ME>; close(ME); $temphost =~ s/[^A-Za-z0-9\-\.]//g; # strip invalid chars $temphost =~ m/(.*)/; # gotta do it to make it taint safe.. blah my $hostname = $1; thats my opinion anyways :) ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general
