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Re: $HOST on OS X



Le 5 juin 2010 à 20:52, Benjamin R. Haskell a écrit :

> Regardless, OS X is far from the only O/S that'll update hostnames when 
> you join a network.  And especially on a laptop, it often makes sense.  
> For instance, after associating with a university's wireless network, 
> your host probably has a different name assigned to it.  Why would it be 
> bad to update it?

Right, makes some sense.

>> IMO it's a security risk though...
> 
> What part, and how so?

Dunno, didn't think much about it, but I suppose it could be a problem when inadvertently joining a network you didn't want to.

In any case it should be possible to disable it, but I've yet to find the setting on OSX.

François.


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