uname command output is "-t"

[murali_20]

On my HP-ux machine, When I issue the command "uname -a" the out put is

# uname -a
-t ejmhpux B.11.11 U 9000/800 2058603285 unlimited-user license

# uname
-t

That "-t" should not come. earlier I used to get HP-UX there. Now because of this I am not able to install my applications specific to HP machine.

Can somebody help me in resolving this?

[Ermin Borovac · Accepted solution]

What value do you have for OPERATING_SYSTEM variable in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf? If should be set to HP-UX.

OPERATING_SYSTEM=HP-UX

To fix run setuname

# /usr/sbin/setuname -s HP-UX

[murali_20]

Thanks Ermin,

It worked - setuname command. I just was wondering under what circumstances would this have changed to -t- I am sure the small group of users who use this have no idea to change the OS name.

Appreciate your assistance on this. Thanks you once again.

Regards
Murali

[Ermin Borovac]

It would have changed to -t if OPERATING_SYSTEM variable is not set in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf. Can you check?

[Jino.P.V]

Yes. Ermin is right. You have to edit /etc/rc.config.d/netconf. You can change both node name and operating system name. For operating system name you can give any alphanumeric value. For eg.

[test]/etc/rc.config.d > setuname -s hpuxnew
[test]/etc/rc.config.d >uname -a
hpuxnew hp370-4 B.11.00 A 9000/871 2013607509 two-user license
[hp370-4]/etc/rc.config.d >

But generally we keep only hpux.