Package: vserver-debiantools Version: 0.2.9 Severity: minor Tags: patch Hi,
the newvserver script has the following check for hostname: case "$2" in *[a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9_-][a-z]*[a-z0-9_-]*[a-z0-9]) That does not allow names < 5 characters even if they are perfertly valid. (Think vservers named after services: pbx, ftp, www.) RFC 952 says: A "name" (Net, Host, Gateway, or Domain name) is a text string up to 24 characters drawn from the alphabet (A-Z), digits (0-9), minus sign (-), and period (.). Note that periods are only allowed when they serve to delimit components of "domain style names". No blank or space characters are permitted as part of a name. No distinction is made between upper and lower case. The first character must be an alpha character. The last character must not be a minus sign or period. Single character names or nicknames are not allowed. RFC 1123 updates: The syntax of a legal Internet host name was specified in RFC-952. One aspect of host name syntax is hereby changed: the restriction on the first character is relaxed to allow either a letter or a digit. Host software MUST support this more liberal syntax. Host software MUST handle host names of up to 63 characters and SHOULD handle host names of up to 255 characters. As the script is using explicitely #!/bin/bash and has extblob enabled, I would recommend the following match: [a-z0-9]*([a-z0-9_-])[a-z0-9] As a matter of fact, the same is true for the newnfsvserver and stripserver scripts. -- Miroslav Kure -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
