Re: VM/TCPIP - TESTSITE question

[Miguel Delapaz]

In z/VM TCP/IP Planning and Customization,
the chapter on Configuring the Local Host Files states the hostname in
a HOSTS LOCAL file can be a maximum of 24 characters

Regards,
Miguel Delapaz
z/VM TCP/IP Development 


The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>
wrote on 07/13/2006 07:40:46 AM:

> To list:
>   I recently created a HOSTS LOCAL file and did a
> MAKESITE for a few DNS names. Seems to work fine with
> one exception. When I do the TESTSITE command, it
> looks like one of the DNS names gets truncated.
> 
> Following is the o/p from the command:
> 
> us-wat-as01.internal.jltservices.com
> US-WAT-AS01.INTERNAL.JLT: Host address: 10.5.4.50
> No gateway named
> 'us-wat-as01.internal.jltservices.com'
> No net named 'us-wat-as01.internal.jltservices.com'
> Name:
> 
> Is there a limit on the length of the name I can
> specify?
> 
> Thks,
>  Bill J.
> 
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