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Old Unix and Linux 01-03-2007   -   Original Discussion by DCrystal
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Unix or Linux Question Wrong 'uname' )
Hi !
I heard that root can modify the uname -command, so it will show the wrong kernel version.
Is it true? can you tell more about this /give links ?
system: linux/*bsd.

thanks in advance
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wow! looking at uname's manual page it seems like we can only display not set value ... but im definetly interested too on how we can achieve that Linux
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Hi !
I heard that root can modify the uname -command, so it will show the wrong kernel version.
Is it true? can you tell more about this /give links ?
system: linux/*bsd.

thanks in advance

Yes you can change this. you have to use setname.

quick introduction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uname



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gentoo ~ # setname
bash: setname: command not found
gentoo ~ #
i haven't such program (?)
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i haven't such program (?)
It is not a part of all UNIX distributions so it could very well be that you do not have it...



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and what to do?
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You could also change these lines at the top of your makefile.



Code:
VERSION = 2
PATCHLEVEL = 6
SUBLEVEL = 17
EXTRAVERSION = -gentoo-r9
NAME=Crazed Snow-Weasel
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