diff -up hostname/hostname.1.rh hostname/hostname.1
--- hostname/hostname.1.rh	2010-01-15 13:05:22.000000000 +0100
+++ hostname/hostname.1	2010-02-01 21:52:35.000000000 +0100
@@ -98,6 +98,33 @@ complete FQDN of the system is returned 
 .B "THE FQDN"
 below).
 
+.LP
+The function 
+.BR gethostname(2)
+is used to get the hostname.  When the 
+.BR "hostname \-a, \-d, \-f or \-i" 
+is called will 
+.BR gethostbyname(3)
+be called.  The difference in 
+.BR gethostname(2)
+and
+.BR gethostbyname(3)
+is that
+.BR gethostbyname(3)
+is network aware, so it consults 
+.IR /etc/nsswitch.conf
+and
+.IR /etc/host.conf
+to decide whether to read information in
+.IR /etc/sysconfig/network
+or
+.IR /etc/hosts
+
+To add another dimension to this,
+the 
+.B hostname 
+is also set when the network interface is brought up.
+
 .SS "SET NAME"
 When called with one argument or with the
 .B \-\-file
@@ -113,7 +140,7 @@ and
 use
 .BR setdomainname (2).
 Note, that this is effective only until the next reboot.
-Edit /etc/hostname for permanent change.
+After reboot original names from \fI/etc/hosts\fR are used again. 
 .LP
 Note, that only the super-user can change the names.
 .LP
@@ -124,10 +151,10 @@ command (see
 below).
 .LP
 The host name is usually set once at system startup in
-.I /etc/init.d/hostname.sh
+.I /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
 (normally by reading the contents of a file which contains
 the host name, e.g.
-.IR /etc/hostname ).
+.IR /etc/sysconfig/network ).
 
 .SS THE FQDN
 You can't change the FQDN (as returned by
@@ -227,7 +254,7 @@ Display the short host name. This is the
 Print version information on standard output and exit successfully.
 .TP
 .I "\-v, \-\-verbose"
-Be verbose and tell what's going on.
+Verbose output was removed.
 .TP
 .I "\-y, \-\-yp, \-\-nis"
 Display the NIS domain name. If a parameter is given (or
@@ -246,8 +273,7 @@ option in
 .SH FILES
 .B /etc/hosts
 
-.B /etc/hostname
-This file should only contain the hostname and not the full FQDN.
+.B /etc/sysconfig/network
 .SH AUTHORS
 Peter Tobias, <tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de>
 .br
diff -up hostname/Makefile.rh hostname/Makefile
--- hostname/Makefile.rh	2010-01-15 13:05:16.000000000 +0100
+++ hostname/Makefile	2010-02-01 21:47:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -7,26 +7,28 @@ OBJS=hostname.o
 
 hostname: $(OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS) -lnsl
-	ln -fs hostname dnsdomainname
-	ln -fs hostname domainname
-	ln -fs hostname ypdomainname
-	ln -fs hostname nisdomainname
 
 install: hostname
 	install -d ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/man1
-	install -o root -g root -m 0644 hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/man1
+	install -m 0644 hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/man1
 	ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/dnsdomainname.1
 	ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/domainname.1
 	ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/ypdomainname.1
 	ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/nisdomainname.1
-	install -o root -g root -m 0644 hostname.1.fr ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/fr/man1/hostname.1
+	install -d ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/fr/man1
+	install -m 0644 hostname.1.fr ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/fr/man1/hostname.1
+	ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/fr/man1/dnsdomainname.1
+	ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/fr/man1/domainname.1
+	ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/fr/man1/ypdomainname.1
+	ln -fs hostname.1 ${BASEDIR}/usr/share/man/fr/man1/nisdomainname.1
+
 
 	install -d ${BASEDIR}/bin
-	install -o root -g root -m 0755 hostname ${BASEDIR}/bin
-	ln -f hostname ${BASEDIR}/bin/dnsdomainname
-	ln -f hostname ${BASEDIR}/bin/domainname
-	ln -f hostname ${BASEDIR}/bin/nisdomainname
-	ln -f hostname ${BASEDIR}/bin/ypdomainname
+	install -m 0755 hostname ${BASEDIR}/bin
+	ln -fs hostname ${BASEDIR}/bin/dnsdomainname
+	ln -fs hostname ${BASEDIR}/bin/domainname
+	ln -fs hostname ${BASEDIR}/bin/nisdomainname
+	ln -fs hostname ${BASEDIR}/bin/ypdomainname
 
 clean:
 	-rm -f $(OBJS) hostname dnsdomainname domainname nisdomainname ypdomainname