diff -up hostname/Makefile.rh hostname/Makefile
--- hostname/Makefile.rh 2013-11-04 10:12:59.670379153 +0100
+++ hostname/Makefile 2013-11-04 10:15:04.957314495 +0100
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ OBJS=hostname.o
install: hostname
install -d ${BASEDIR}$(MANDIR)/man1
- install -o root -g root -m 0644 hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}$(MANDIR)/man1
+ install -m 0644 hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}$(MANDIR)/man1
ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}$(MANDIR)/man1/dnsdomainname.1
ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}$(MANDIR)/man1/domainname.1
ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}$(MANDIR)/man1/ypdomainname.1
ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}$(MANDIR)/man1/nisdomainname.1
install -d ${BASEDIR}$(BINDIR)
- install -o root -g root -m 0755 hostname ${BASEDIR}$(BINDIR)
+ install -m 0755 hostname ${BASEDIR}$(BINDIR)
ln -fs hostname ${BASEDIR}$(BINDIR)/dnsdomainname
ln -fs hostname ${BASEDIR}$(BINDIR)/domainname
ln -fs hostname ${BASEDIR}$(BINDIR)/nisdomainname
diff -up hostname/hostname.1.rh hostname/hostname.1
--- hostname/hostname.1.rh 2013-11-03 15:24:23.000000000 +0100
+++ hostname/hostname.1 2013-11-04 10:12:59.670379153 +0100
@@ -80,6 +80,28 @@ complete FQDN of the system is returned
.B THE FQDN
below).
+.LP
+The function
+.BR gethostname(2)
+is used to get the hostname. When the
+.BR "hostname \-a, \-d, \-f or \-i"
+is called will
+.BR gethostbyname(3)
+be called. The difference in
+.BR gethostname(2)
+and
+.BR gethostbyname(3)
+is that
+.BR gethostbyname(5)
+is network aware, so it consults
+.IR /etc/nsswitch.conf
+and
+.IR /etc/host.conf
+to decide whether to read information in
+.IR /etc/hostname
+or
+.IR /etc/hosts
+
.SS "SET NAME"
When called with one argument or with the
.B \-\-file
@@ -105,8 +127,7 @@ command (see
.B THE FQDN
below).
.LP
-The host name is usually set once at system startup in
-.I /etc/init.d/hostname.sh
+The host name is usually set once at system startup
(normally by reading the contents of a file which contains
the host name, e.g.
.IR /etc/hostname ).