On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Vanco Backup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting experience today. I was asked to install a number of servers > with hostnames that started with numbers - but the installer would not > proceed. I could, of course, change then after the install.... >
Legal hostnames for the longest time have been defined by RFC 952. This may have been replaced recently, but it looks to be still the definitive RFC. A hostname is up to 24 characters in length, and must start with an alphabet character 1. 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". (See RFC-921, "Domain Name System Implementation Schedule", for background). 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. > Is this a known issue / feature by design? > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > > -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- BSD/GNU/Linux How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
