Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Feb 1999 22:17:27 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alistair Riddell <> | Subject | Re: uname: Linux ... "unknown" |
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The unknown refers to the CPU type; not NIS domainname.
On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, B. James Phillippe wrote:
> Hello, > > Does anyone know why uname always returns "unknown" for the (yp)domainname? > Every Linux system that I have ever built or booted seems to provide all > the information except the domainname, regardless of whether it is or isn't > set. For example: > > % ypdomainname ;uname -a > main > Linux terror 2.0.33 #6 Tue Aug 25 16:55:08 PDT 1998 i586 unknown > % > > % ypdomainname ;uname -a > > Linux earth 2.2.0-final #15 Thu Jan 21 09:57:07 PST 1999 alpha unknown > % > > I've tried with the latest sh-utils I could find, but perhaps I have done > something wrong? Or, is this a kernel issue? > > thanks, > -bp > -- > B. James Phillippe . bryan@terran.org > Linux Engineer/Admin . http://www.terran.org/~bryan > Member since 1.1.59 . finger:bryan@earth.terran.org > > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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