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- DOCUMENT:Q104576 01-FEB-1994 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Embedding Non-printable Characters in LMHOSTS Computer Names
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- Under Windows NT, the LMHOSTS file enables you to specify names
- containing non-printable or extended characters. Custom applications
- that make use of special names to function properly in routed
- topologies may benefit from this feature.
-
- To use this feature, you can specify non-printable characters by using
- their hexidecimal notations and surrounding the entire name in quotes, \nn
- or \0xnn, where "nn" is the two-digit hexidecimal number. For example:
-
- 102.54.94.97 rhinodc #DOM:rhino #the rhino domain DC
- 11.14.21.96 "appl\0x1f" #internal db application
- gateway
-
- NOTE: By using the special naming extension of the Windows NT LMHOSTS
- files, you surrender backward compatibility with Microsoft LAN
- Manager. (The LAN Manager TCP/IP implementation does not recognize the
- hexidecimal format.)
-
- For additional information on LMHOSTS files in Windows NT, query on
- the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
-
- lmhosts
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 W_NTAS
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: tpip
-
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