Bug#37045: Needs a stricter hostname sanity check
On Sun, May 02, 1999 at 02:54:36PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> > The bootdisks should at least warn the sysadmin about an invalid
> > hostname.
>
> But they should *only* warn. Hostnames and domainnames that begin with
> digits are invalid according to the RFC but they exist nevertheless. It is
> often not within the power of the person doing the installation to change
> them.
I concur - perhaps bugs should be filed against MTA's that violate this as
well?
--
Robert Woodcock - rcw@debian.org
"Now we'll have to kill you." -- Linus Torvalds
Reply to: