Public bug reported:
There is a combination of randomly filling in zeros and interpreting
leading zeros as octal.
root@argon:~# ping 010.001.017.001
PING 010.001.017.001 (8.1.15.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
^C
--- 010.001.017.001 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1008ms
Valid Octal.
root@argon:~# ping 010.001.018.001
ping: unknown host 010.001.018.001
Invalid ocatal
root@argon:~# ping 10.1.018.1
ping: unknown host 10.1.018.1
root@argon:~# ping 10.1.017.1
PING 10.1.017.1 (10.1.15.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
^C
--- 10.1.017.1 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 2016ms
Combination of octal and decimal
If you are going to allow this, there should be a flag to control it. Force
base10, base8, or base16. Perferrably, it would default to base10 only and
require a flag or at least consistent implementation of leading characters for
each octet.
I need a means of ping 010.001.017.001 without having to strip the
leading zeros or converting it to octal.
** Affects: iputils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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interpretation of leading zeros - Multiple bases
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