> > You will find that having VMIDs not matching hostnames > > is just a pain. True, they can be matched using other means. > > But it will annoy you and once instantiated it will NEVER go away. > > On the contrary. It is the users wanting hostnames > 8 characters who > are grateful that the hostname and VM username need not match.
The RFC which Grega mentioned says otherwise. But at this point, we're arguing matters of taste. > We track the correlation between the two by assigning a CNAME record > in DNS, which contains the VM username. It suits our needs adequately. And this is something we DON'T have at my shop. (perhaps we SHOULD) (Don't ask me why we don't or why I did not think of it before now!) -- R; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
