==> On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:05:07 -0200, Fabio Olive Leite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
said:

Fabio> On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 12:56:31PM +0900, Ian Kent wrote:
Fabio> > 
Fabio> > Not valid at all.
Fabio> > And they are tolerated because the admin explicitly configures DNS to
Fabio> > violate the RFC.

Fabio> The sad thing is that mount(1) does no such validation, and allows one
Fabio> to mount an NFS export on a hostname containing underscores just fine.
Fabio> So we can end up in a situation where automount does not allow the
Fabio> user to configure a working NFS mount she has.

Yes, and when coupled with the fact that some other vendors' products
allow this sort of thing by default, I think we may have to support
it.  I'm a big fan of sticking to the RFC's, but in this case, I think
we should make an exception.

-Jeff

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