From: wkt@tuhs.org (Warren Toomey)
Subject: [TUHS] hostname limit in (4.3BSD) uucp?
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 08:36:11 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170324223611.GA20051@minnie.tuhs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170324221442.GA16891@minnie.tuhs.org>
On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 08:14:42AM +1000, Warren Toomey wrote:
> Something seems to be trimming the hostname to seven chars.
Answer: 4.3BSD uucp allows hostnames of 14 chars, but trims down to 7
for the dirnames in /usr/spool/uucp, presumably for HDB compatibility.
But uux, mail, news work with hostnames > 7 chars.
Cheers, Warren
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