FS#17791 - [kernel26] UTS namespace

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Maciej Sitarz (macieks2) - Monday, 11 January 2010, 13:16 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Saturday, 27 February 2010, 14:47 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Kernel
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
CONFIG_UTS_NS: UTS namespace is not enabled.
http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/UTS_NS.html

It is useful for ex. with chroot environments. It enables possibility to change hostname for each process run.


Article about changing hostname for chroot system:
http://mike.marineau.org/blog/code/2007-07-23-giving-chroot-its-own-hostname-chname
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Saturday, 27 February 2010, 14:47 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  2.6.33
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Monday, 18 January 2010, 22:05 GMT
delayed for 2.6.33, has potential to break binary modules.

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