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- From: davep@hpwin052.uksr.hp.com (Dave Porter)
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 16:03:14 GMT
- Subject: Re: 8 letter hostname limit
- Message-ID: <95780049@hpwin052.uksr.hp.com>
- Organization: HP Response Centre, Berkshire, England.
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- > What are these two host name fields used for? I want a hostname of
- > 10 characters, and I don't know if I can get away with it. I don't run
- > UUCP or NS or anything weird like that, but I do have some licensed
- > software that may use either one to get to the hostname. Could I just
- > set the hostname to "california" and the uname to "californ" or
- > something? Or can I safely disregard the uname limit?
-
- I'd suggest you *don't* ignore the limit - on a short filename system, if
- the hostname is greater than 8 characters the lp spooler won't purge its
- temporary files from /usr/spool/lp/request/. I submitted a Service Request
- on this, reference 1653-006668 and it should be corrected in a future
- revision of HP-UX - but until then it's worth knowing about!
-
- Regards,
- DaveP
-