[Klaus Ade Johnstad] > I tried setting my hostname to something including the 3 special > Norwegian characters, and was told that the hostname was invalid (no > surprise there), with the explanation that the hostname could only > contain alphanumeric characters and the minussign. > > Clearly the 3 special Norwegian character are alphanumeric characters, > and the error message is misleading, and should say something to that > affect.
The error message should probably mention the ASCII letters a to z, the ascii minus sign and the latin digits 0-9, as this is the valid characters list of characters for host names. Should it mention lower case as well? Special national letters like ���, and special national digits like the arabic numbers, are not allowed even if the are "alphanumeric characters". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
