From d345b36b483fec8fb2def5f3acdc2d3c5faa94eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan McGee Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:04:25 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Set hostname via /proc if file is available On Linux, the hostname can be set via this file if available, precluding the need for a `hostname` binary. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee --- dhcpcd-hooks/30-hostname | 6 +++++- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/dhcpcd-hooks/30-hostname b/dhcpcd-hooks/30-hostname index 65d1a13..af94262 100644 --- a/dhcpcd-hooks/30-hostname +++ b/dhcpcd-hooks/30-hostname @@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ need_hostname() try_hostname() { if valid_domainname "$1"; then - hostname "$1" + if [ -w /proc/sys/kernel/hostname ]; then + echo "$1" > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname + else + hostname "$1" + fi else syslog err "Invalid hostname: $1" fi -- 1.7.5.4