Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:02:54 -0700 | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RESEND] uts: Set default hostname to "localhost", rather than "(none)" |
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On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:01:59 -0700 Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> wrote:
> The "hostname" tool falls back to setting the hostname to "localhost" if > /etc/hostname does not exist. Distribution init scripts have the same > fallback. However, if userspace never calls sethostname, such as when > booting with init=/bin/sh, or otherwise booting a minimal system without > the usual init scripts, the default hostname of "(none)" remains, > unhelpfully appearing in various places such as prompts > ("root@(none):~#") and logs. Furthrmore, "(none)" doesn't typically > resolve to anything useful, while "localhost" does. > > Change the default hostname to "localhost". This removes the need for > the standard fallback, provides a useful default for systems that never > call sethostname, and makes minimal systems that much more useful with > less configuration. > > Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> > --- > > Looked at "(none)" one too many times, and figured I ought to do > something about it. > > Resending, and adding CCs for networking and UTS. > > include/linux/uts.h | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/uts.h b/include/linux/uts.h > index 73eb1ed..610bec2 100644 > --- a/include/linux/uts.h > +++ b/include/linux/uts.h > @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ > #endif > > #ifndef UTS_NODENAME > -#define UTS_NODENAME "(none)" /* set by sethostname() */ > +#define UTS_NODENAME "localhost" /* set by sethostname() */ > #endif > > #ifndef UTS_DOMAINNAME
It makes sense but this behavior has existed so long in Linux that some distro might actually be depending on it.
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