> I'm not absolutely sure that is true - but the fact that the first time
> that "myname" appeared in BSD code in the sense of a host name
> was as a variable name inside the C code of some UUCP-related program
> in 2BSD in 1979 at least makes your statement somewhat plausible -
Thanks for clarifi
Hello,
Michael Hekeler wrote on Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 11:00:35AM +0200:
> Some times ago if you required to have a unique UUCP node name for your
> computer it was defined in some way as `myname`.
> I think that was the reason for OpenBSD's "/etc/myname" filename
I'm not absolutely sure that is t
> It is a very well established convention that words represent what they mean,
> and their description is found in a good dictionary. If you change the
> meaning of a word, in a dictionary of your own, the rest of the world will
> not understand what you say.
>
> hostname is a very well establ
> On Apr 8, 2025, at 11:47 PM, otto.cooper wrote:
>
> It is a very well established convention that words represent what they mean
The philosophical community remains vexed by this issue but I’m glad you’ve got
a handle on it.
It is a very well established convention that words represent what they mean,
and their description is found in a good dictionary. If you change the meaning
of a word, in a dictionary of your own, the rest of the world will not
understand what you say.
hostname is a very well established word i
> You think of hostname, look for /etc/hostname, and find something unrelated.
> The file /etc/hostname does not exist.
> The files /etc/hostname.if do exist, but have nothing to do with the host
> name.
> By comparison, in linux /etc/hostname exists and serves the intended purpose.
> This is not
March 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM, "Emiel Kollof" mailto:em...@kollof.nl?to=%22Emiel%20Kollof%22%20%3Cemiel%40kollof.nl%3E >
wrote:
>
> otto.cooper schreef op 2025-03-24 15:54:
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> [snip]
>
> >
> > This is not intuitive.
> >
> OpenBSD != Linux
>
> The only intuitive interfac
otto.cooper schreef op 2025-03-24 15:54:
Hello,
[snip]
This is not intuitive.
OpenBSD != Linux
The only intuitive interface for mammalians (including humans)
is the nipple. Everything else needs to be taught or learned
through trial and error.
Cheers,
Emiel
> Can we agree that /etc/myname can be safely and easily replaced with
> /etc/hostname?
A breaking change for a design decision made 30 years ago in this source tree
(I didn't take the time to search other trees that predate it) seems like a
tall ask. So perhaps not "easily".
https://github.co
Hello,
# Q1
Suppose you want to change the host name.
You think of hostname, look for /etc/hostname, and find something unrelated.
The file /etc/hostname does not exist.
The files /etc/hostname.if do exist, but have nothing to do with the host name.
By comparison, in linux /etc/hostname exist
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