[758] in Athena Bugs
hesiod line length
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Coppeto)
Fri Sep 2 01:51:12 1988
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: carla@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 88 01:50:29 EDT
From: Tom Coppeto <tjcoppet@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
I think the 32 character limit on a hesiod string should be raised. This
makes it nearly impossible to use attach for subdirectories of the
traditional /mit/lockers/foobar type. (the machine name counts as well)
This seems to restrict use of a file system and further classification of
directories on a file server. For the olc-stock pointer, I got the first
letter of a top level subdirectory. (Had I known this would happen I would
have reduced the name size, oh well).
- Tom
