libs/sys: extend luci.sys.hostname() to allow setting a new name

[project/luci.git] / libs / sys / luasrc / sys.lua

diff --git a/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua b/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua
index a2c9a31..3e2ce7f 100644 (file)
--- a/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua
+++ b/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua
@@ -129,10 +129,16 @@ end
 -- @return             Table containing all variables if no variable name is given
 getenv = posix.getenv
 
---- Determine the current hostname.
+--- Get or set the current hostname.
+-- @param              String containing a new hostname to set (optional)
 -- @return             String containing the system hostname
-function hostname()
-       return posix.uname("%n")
+function hostname(newname)
+       if type(newname) == "string" and #newname > 0 then
+               luci.fs.writefile( "/proc/sys/kernel/hostname", newname .. "\n" )
+               return newname
+       else
+               return posix.uname("%n")
+       end
 end
 
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