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helios the sun

08-10-2004 09:21 AM

changing uname information

any ideas how to change/fake informations given by the uname program? (especialy uname -v)

Marius2

08-10-2004 09:26 AM

Take the source code of uname which is in binutils or shutils, can't
remember which, anyway you can get it form www.gnu.org, and
change the output in the source code.
BTW what is the purpose of this?

helios the sun

08-10-2004 11:15 AM

i just saw it on one machine and was wondering how admin did it (he wont tell me)
nevermind.. :)

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