Oops - just stumbled into this one:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/computer_names.asp
On Win2k and later DNS name and Netbios name are linked by convention.
That is, having them separate is discouraged, but not impossible.
I wonder what we should
This works for GetComputerName(), but not for apps that look directly
in the registry. This is why we need to put something in there.
Yes, but only if there is nothing in there yet. I am not against setting
this registry value and I see why it's set. I was just saying that this
init stuff
Martin Wilck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
- check the availability of the ComputerName entry in the registry,
- if not there, set it directly from gethostname()
Then I'd implement proper ComputerNameEx(), ComputerName() in Kernel32
with all options, and remove it from the init code.
That
Am Mit, 2002-10-30 um 20.25 schrieb Alexandre Julliard:
Because users are not going to edit the registry if their Unix
hostname changes so it will always be wrong. Now if the problem is the
FQDN then it should be trivial to truncate it to just the hostname.
Sorry, how many machines are out
Am Mit, 2002-10-30 um 20.25 schrieb Alexandre Julliard:
Because users are not going to edit the registry if their Unix
hostname changes so it will always be wrong. Now if the problem is the
FQDN then it should be trivial to truncate it to just the hostname.
You did not explain why this must
Am Mit, 2002-10-30 um 20.25 schrieb Alexandre Julliard:
Because users are not going to edit the registry if their Unix
hostname changes so it will always be wrong. Now if the problem is the
FQDN then it should be trivial to truncate it to just the hostname.
I can't help myself - I think the
Martin Wilck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'd propose: If the registry contains an explicit ComputerName entry,
use it as Netbios name; otherwise, use the Unix hostname. This would
affect only the users that enter a Netbios name in their registry, and
thus not those with changing host names that
Why is GetComputerName() an init function, or in other words, why is it
important that
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\ComputerName\\ComputerName
be set at registry initialization time (in _allocate_default_keys())?
I am asking because GetComputerName() IMO returns the
Martin Wilck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I am asking because GetComputerName() IMO returns the wrong value (FQDN
rather than NETBIOS name). A real implementation of GetComputerName()
would look for the above value in the Registry and use gethostname()
only as a fallback, but currently it's the
