[1218] in Moira
hosts DCM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Braun)
Sat Dec 19 02:22:21 1998
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 00:22:13 -0700 (MST)
From: Matt Braun <matt@MIT.EDU>
To: bug-moira@MIT.EDU, network@MIT.EDU
This may not really be a 'bug.'
If a host has a blank OS, the model and vendor also are not output into hstath
for use in the HINFO record.
For example:
Machine: IT3.MIT.EDU
Address: 18.81.0.228 Network: 11
Owner: NONE Use data: 18-dec-1998 16:08:30
Status: Active (1) Changed: 18-dec-1998 16:08:30
Vendor: HP Model: LASERJET OS:
Location: 11-420 Contact: Steven Burke Opt: 0
Adm cmt:
Op cmt:
Created by tgriffin on 18-dec-1998 16:08:30
Last mod by tgriffin at 18-dec-1998 16:08:30 with moira.
Produces this hstath line:
HOST : 18.81.0.228 : IT3 :
Now per RFC1033 the HINFO record requires two whitespace seperated strings, so
it makes some sense. The .gen code says roughly 'if there is not both a
harware field (make and/or model) and a software field (os) then ignore the
HINFO stuff entirely.
If we still wanted the data that was entered to be visible, we could make a
missing field a "-" (but not both fields) and still be legal. I think that
would be unlikely to break resolvers whereas "" if even legal might break some
I am not sure that this worth doing...just thought I would point it out.
Matt
