From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
To: Andreas Steinmetz <ast@domdv.de>
Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>,
Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: host name length
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 12:29:55 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41B76443.2040205@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41B4B2CD.80209@domdv.de>
Andreas Steinmetz wrote:
> Ulrich Drepper wrote:
>
>> Yes, each label can only have 63 bytes, but the entire fqdn can be
>> longer, much longer. And the hostname stored with sethostname() should
>> be the fqdn of the machine, not just one lalbel (in DNS speak).
>
>
> 255 characters to be exact. The question was, however, for the hostname
> which I usually don't interpret as a fqdn.
So sethostname(2) sets fqdn, right?
Ulrich, do you want help on this or is it already done?
--
~Randy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-08 21:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-12 20:16 host name length Ulrich Drepper
2004-12-04 0:05 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-12-05 19:47 ` Ulrich Drepper
2004-12-06 8:35 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-12-06 16:45 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-12-06 17:31 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2004-12-06 19:25 ` Ulrich Drepper
2004-12-06 19:28 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2004-12-08 20:29 ` Randy.Dunlap [this message]
2004-12-09 0:35 ` Ulrich Drepper
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