--- openmosixview-1.5.orig/openmosixprocs/openmosixprocs.cpp
+++ openmosixview-1.5/openmosixprocs/openmosixprocs.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <cstring>
+#include <cstdio>
+
 #include <qaccel.h>
 #include "openmosixprocs.h"
 
@@ -126,22 +129,29 @@
 	string which;
 	char zeile[201];
 	string nodename;
-	which = which + clustercommand + " whois ";
-	which = which + node + " > /tmp/nodes.tmp";
-	system(which.c_str());
-	if (file_exist("/tmp/nodes.tmp")) {
-		std::ifstream readnodename("/tmp/nodes.tmp");
-		if (readnodename) {
-			readnodename.getline(zeile, 200);
-			nodename.erase();
-			nodename= nodename+zeile;
-			readnodename.close();
-			} else {
-			cout << "could not read from /tmp/nodes.tmp"  << endl;
-			return 0;
-		}
+
+	which += " whois ";
+	which += node;
+
+	FILE *fp = popen(which.c_str(), "r");
+	if (!fp)
+	{
+	  cout << "could not run " << clustercommand << endl;
 	}
-   unlink("/tmp/nodes.tmp");
+
+	int n;
+	while ((n = fread(zeile, 1, 200, fp)) > 0)
+	{
+	  int count; // only copy the first line, and skip the \n
+	  for (count = 0; count < n; count++)
+	    if (zeile[count] == '\n')
+	      break;
+	  nodename.append(zeile,count);
+	  if (count != n)
+	    break;
+	}
+	fclose(fp);
+
    return nodename;
 
 }

--- openmosixview-1.5.orig/openmosixview/openmosixview.cpp
+++ openmosixview-1.5/openmosixview/openmosixview.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include <qaccel.h>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <cstdio>
 #include "openmosixview.h"
 #include "filesave.xpm"
 #include "fileopen.xpm"
@@ -454,24 +456,32 @@
 // converts a cluster id to an hostname
 string OpenMosixViewApp::getnodename(string node) {
 	// gather nodes hostname
-	string which;
+	string which(clustercommand);
 	char zeile[201];
 	string nodename;
-	which = which + clustercommand + " whois ";
-	which = which + node + " > /tmp/nodes.tmp";
-	system(which.c_str());
-	if (file_exist("/tmp/nodes.tmp")) {
-		std::ifstream readnodename("/tmp/nodes.tmp");
-		if (readnodename) {
-			readnodename.getline(zeile, 200);
-			nodename.erase();
-			nodename= nodename+zeile;
-			readnodename.close();
-			} else {
-			cout << "could not read from /tmp/nodes.tmp"  << endl;
-			return 0;
-		}
+
+	which += " whois ";
+	which += node;
+
+	FILE *fp = popen(which.c_str(), "r");
+	if (!fp)
+	{
+	  cout << "could not run " << clustercommand << endl;
 	}
+
+	int n;
+	while ((n = fread(zeile, 1, 200, fp)) > 0)
+	{
+	  int count;
+	  for (count = 0; count < n; count++)
+	    if (zeile[count] == '\n')
+	      break;
+	  nodename.append(zeile,count);
+	  if (count != n)
+	    break;
+	}
+	fclose(fp);
+
    return nodename;
 }