Re: HPUX and 8+ character host names

From: BB (none_at_none.com)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:51:41 -0500

Hi,

Are their any plans to change or modify this limit from 8 in 11.30/33?

Vince
"Rick Jones" <foo@bar.baz.invalid> wrote in message
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> Eigenvector <m44_master@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> <perfnerd@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1109118705.242392.254310@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>>> I recently set up an 11.23 server and swagentd did not like the
>>> hostname/nodename being more than 8 characters. It can handle long
>>> names, it just doesn't like the host it is on having a long name.
>>>
>> Yeah that was my experience. SAM barfs on it, set_parms, the SD stuff.
>> This couldn't possibly be a hard program to fix.
>
> I think you would be amazed at just how difficult changing the
> hostname length limits can be. Everything that has been involved has
> never ceased to amaze me.
>
>> Is this HP's way of guiding people to use the Linux OS rather than
> HPUX?
>
> No.
>
> rick jones
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