Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 21:04:35 -0800 From: Doug Barton <DougB@simplenet.com> To: Robert Eckardt <Robert.Eckardt@aranea.de> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: _ in hostnames Message-ID: <38CDC863.CCF06A8A@simplenet.com> References: <200003132158.WAA01750@aranea.de>
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Robert Eckardt wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> unfortunately I have lots of hostnames with `_' in them (like "dfsnfs1_0").
>
> I tricked named to serve those names (check-name ignore) and nslookup resolves
> the correct address.
> However programs (like telnet, ping, ...) return "Unknown server error".
> I assume this is caused by res_hnok() in /usr/src/contrib/bind/lib/resolv/res_comp.c
> (Replacing "_" by "-" is not an option for some thousand hostnames. :-)
>
> Is there an "official" way to convince the resolver to work with "_" ?
Don't perpetuate a kludge. Fix your zones.
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