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Subject: bin/4688: sys/utsname.h SYS_NMLN 32 too small
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>Number:         4688
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       sys/utsname.h SYS_NMLN 32 too small
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Oct  4 08:20:01 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Christoph Kukulies
>Organization:
I.Physikalisches Institut RWTH Aachen
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

         FreeBSD-3.0-current
>Description:

         bootpd gave error:
         "Can not get my IP address"
         Built in debugging code revealed that
         hostname isdn-kukulies.dialup.rwth-aachen.de
         was longer than 32 chars.
         

>How-To-Repeat:

         name your host to something longer than 32 chars
         and enable bootpd in /etc/inetd.conf. kill -HUP inetd.
         
>Fix:
	
         affects libc and probably kernel. I don't know
	 if increasing the value of SYS_NMLN to 64 would cure
         the problem for all possible hostnames in the future
         but it would decrease the likelyhood that it happens
         to someone who runs bootpd and has a long hostname.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: