From bd5dc17be87b3a3073d50b23802647db3ae3fa8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Triplett Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:08:28 -0700 Subject: uts: make default hostname configurable, rather than always using "(none)" 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. Furthermore, "(none)" doesn't typically resolve to anything useful. Make the default hostname configurable. 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. Distributions could choose to use "localhost" here to avoid the fallback, while embedded systems may wish to use a specific target hostname. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett Acked-by: Linus Torvalds Acked-by: David Miller Cc: Serge Hallyn Cc: Kel Modderman Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/uts.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux/uts.h') diff --git a/include/linux/uts.h b/include/linux/uts.h index 73eb1ed36ec4..6ddbd86377de 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 CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME /* set by sethostname() */ #endif #ifndef UTS_DOMAINNAME -- cgit v1.2.2