Some commentary from IRC: zul: ev: ping for the samba bug, couldnt ubiquity do something sensible and not allow more that 16 characters in a hostname? [18:04] ScottK: Why is a 16 character hostname limit sensible? [18:04] ev: zul: this is a limitation in netbios, not linux. [18:05] ev: ScottK: indeed [18:06] ev: I think this is best solved where the problem arises, in Samba. I can talk to another machine with more than 16 characters in its hostname using every other network protocol I can think of. [18:06] ev: equally, you can set the hostname outside of the installer, so even if we did this in ubiquity, the problem would remain. [18:07] zul: ev: right its a problem with netbios...so something like print a warning or something [18:08] ScottK: RFC 1123 says "Host software MUST handle host names of up to 63 characters and SHOULD handle host names of up to 255 characters." [18:08] zul: ScottK: right ill get on changing the netbios protocol [18:09] ScottK: I understand the problem. [18:09] • ScottK imagines a netbios equivalent for hostnames of 8.3 long/short filenames.
I am firmly against modifying ubiquity to work around limitations in the NetBIOS protocol. This belongs in Samba. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/735072 Title: The hostname proposed by installer is too long for file sharing to work correctly. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
