[15837] in Athena Bugs
Re: sun4 8.1.16: olc not dealing with long-ish hostnames
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Albert Dvornik)
Wed Mar 11 04:44:40 1998
To: Carla Fermann <carla@MIT.EDU>
Cc: bdrosen@MIT.EDU, bugs@MIT.EDU, bug-olc@MIT.EDU
From: Albert Dvornik <bert@MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: Carla Fermann's message of "Tue, 10 Mar 1998 14:28:59 EST"
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 04:44:33 EST
Carla Fermann <carla@MIT.EDU> writes:
> (Authentication: Authentic from host: MATISSE.MIT.EDU)
> Message From: OLC Service
> Can't resolve name of host 'TEN-THOUSAND-DOLLAR-BILL.MIT.ED'
This is known. As Brett points out, there is a 32-byte limit on the
hostname size (among other places, in the OLC wire protocol). There
are ways to fix the problem, but they require groveling through both
the server and client code to figure out what relies on the data and
then testing that the fix DTRTs. Since I believe the problem is just
aesthetic, ie. ugly error messages and no actual service loss, I'll
deal with this later. [TELL ME IF THERE IS ACTUAL LOSSAGE WITH THIS!]
> (Authentication: Authentic from host: MATISSE.MIT.EDU)
> Message From: OLC Service
> swrite: select: Bad file number
This is also known, and *is* causing occasional service loss, and has
been my primary target. Unfortunately, it's a pain in the behind to
debug. I hope to have fixed it within a day or two, but it may be
less cooperative...
> I think either or both of those might be things that Scott Thorne
> fixed once :-) (and conveniently enough, he's still on the mailing
> list!)
Scott, can you offer any heavenly wisdom? =)
--bert
