Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:39:36 -0500 From: "Ken Menzel" <kenm@icarz.com> To: "Marius Strom" <marius@marius.org>, "David J Duchscher" <daved@nostrum.com> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Resolver Issues (non valid hostname characters) Message-ID: <086701c2f2ed$1f7ecd90$e1db7bd1@kenxp> References: <DA188857-5E78-11D7-9A3A-0003930B3DA4@nostrum.com> <20030325155917.GE76682@marius.org>
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hi,
I am not sure where you think freebsd needs support for underscores in
the resolver.
freebsd2# hostname -s free_bsd2
freebsd2# hostname
free_bsd2.icarz.com
freebsd2#vi /etc/hosts (edit host file here adding new name)
freebsd2# ping free_bsd2
PING free_bsd2.icarz.com (207.99.22.11): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 207.99.22.11: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.128 ms
freebsd2# su
free_bsd2#
If you are having trouble with bind try 'check-names ignore;'
zone "_msdcs.icarz.com" {
type master;
file "_msdcs.icarz.com.db";
allow-update { dmcs; 127.0.0.1; };
check-names ignore;
};
If that is not what you mean please be more specific.
Best of luck, hope this helps.
Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marius Strom" <marius@marius.org>
To: "David J Duchscher" <daved@nostrum.com>
Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: Resolver Issues (non valid hostname characters)
> FWIW, I've been having trouble with domains that in particular have
'_'
> in the hostname.
>
> I know it violates RFC952, but lots of people are using them now,
for
> good or bad. How about a compile-time flag to allow a "looser"
> adherence to the RFC? (Yeah, I know this would likely be gross, and
thus
> I'll defer to people who are more familiar with FreeBSD internals
here)
>
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Dave Duchscher wrote:
> > It seems that the use of invalid characters in hostnames is
cropping
> > up more and more. Besides complaining to the offending site which
> > often doesn't work, I was wondering if these restrictions on
FreeBSD
> > should be re-examined. At this time, it seems that many OSes are
no
> > longer enforcing this requirement or never have. In my case, I am
> > running into a hostnames with an underscore character in the name.
It
> > seems that Linux, MacOS X, Solaris and Windows all allow this
hostname
> > to resolve but FreeBSD, as well as the other *BSD, reject it.
Should
> > FreeBSD follow suit?
> >
> > DaveD
> >
> >
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