Re: [PATCH] Add chname(8) utility

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Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 05:55:22PM +0700, Mikhail Gusarov wrote:
>> chname(8) allows to run specified command with new hostname, e.g.
>> for running something in chroot and distinguishing it later in syslog.
>>
>> Implemented by using unshare(CLONE_NEWUTS) and hence requires Linux 2.6.19.
> 
> The name seems a little too generic and un-descriptive to me.
> 
> Other than that I wonder if we shouldn't just have one tool to run
> a command line with all kinds of clone options instead of adding a new
> tool for each clone option.

+1

There is tending to be a proliferation of new tools
for stuff like this as it becomes available.
Some consolidation to a single command with options
seems like a great idea to me.

cheers,
Pádraig.

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