Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:01:59 -0700 | From | Josh Triplett <> | Subject | [PATCH RESEND] uts: Set default hostname to "localhost", rather than "(none)" |
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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 -- 1.7.4.1
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