Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 13:18:22 -0600 (CST) From: Boyd Faulkner <faulkner@utgard.hos.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/2638: gethostbyname does not work with hosts with underscores. Message-ID: <199702021918.NAA25569@utgard.hos.net> Resent-Message-ID: <199702021920.LAA02962@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 2638 >Category: bin >Synopsis: gethostbyname does not work with hosts with underscores. >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Feb 2 11:20:02 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Boyd Faulkner >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >Environment: >Description: gethostbyname does not work with hostnames that contain an underscore. ping puma_cb19.austx.tandem.com should produce host resolution but not ping. <Host is behind firewall>. 2.1.6.1 works and returns an address. >How-To-Repeat: ping puma_cb19.austx.tandem.com This works on freefall. It does not work on my 3.0 box. It returns [faulkner@utgard.hos.net] /omni/home/faulkner > ping puma_cb19.austx.tandem.com ping: unknown host puma_cb19.austx.tandem.com while [faulkner@utgard.hos.net] /omni/home/faulkner > ping cat.austx.tandem.com PING cat.austx.tandem.com (131.124.4.198): 56 data bytes yields an address. >Fix: Don't know yet. Need to compare sourcefrom 2.1.6 and current. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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