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Old 10-21-2004, 10:58 PM   #1
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uname question.


Where does uname get the username in the kernel line from? I would assume it was whoever built the kernel (root). Stange this is, on this box it is a normal username. Just curious how it got that.

NetBSD localhost 2.0_RC4 NetBSD 2.0_RC4 (KERNEL) #0: Thu Oct 21 21:00:59 CDT 2004 brian@localhost:/usr/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/KERNEL i386

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Old 10-21-2004, 11:46 PM   #2
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User brian su'd to root?
 
Old 10-24-2004, 12:04 AM   #3
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You can build a kernel as a non-root user, you just can't install it without being root.
 
  


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