On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 09:16 -0500, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> ==> 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.

Ya .. I reality I don't feel as strongly as I made out.

I did want to see if there was anyone else that did have an opinion
though.

I'll merge the patch unless anyone else feels strongly against it.

Ian


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