From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8189 invoked by alias); 5 Jun 2010 19:46:26 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 15093 Received: (qmail 21628 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2010 19:46:13 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at free.fr does not designate permitted sender hosts) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) Subject: Re: $HOST on OS X From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois_Revol?= In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 21:46:02 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <438C432E-513C-417D-B6E6-246A0FABBE96@free.fr> References: <16277B2D-B9C7-4B56-A74C-AE6266BDA089@chemistry.ucsc.edu> To: zsh-users@zsh.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1078) Le 5 juin 2010 =E0 20:52, Benjamin R. Haskell a =E9crit : > Regardless, OS X is far from the only O/S that'll update hostnames = when=20 > you join a network. And especially on a laptop, it often makes sense. = =20 > For instance, after associating with a university's wireless network,=20= > your host probably has a different name assigned to it. Why would it = be=20 > bad to update it? Right, makes some sense. >> IMO it's a security risk though... >=20 > 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. Fran=E7ois.=