[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 754 ensure hostnames are lower-case

[Rob Crittenden]

Martin Kosek wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 10:24 -0400, Rob Crittenden wrote:
>> Martin Kosek wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 18:05 -0400, Rob Crittenden wrote:
>>>> If a hostname has mixed-case in /etc/hosts or a mixed-case name is
>>>> passed into either the client or host installer we need to prevent
>>>> installation. The hostname should be lower-case otherwise all sorts of
>>>> odd problems will happen.
>>>>
>>>> ticket 1080
>>>>
>>>> rob
>>>
>>> Patch is OK, but I think that "Check /etc/hosts." part of the error
>>> message may be confusing.
>>>
>>> Hostname with mixed-case we are complaining about doesn't have to be
>>> read from /etc/hosts. It may be passed for example by --hostname
>>> parameter or set on a machine by `hostname` command.
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>
>> Updated patch with the Check part removed.
>>
>> rob
>
> ACK.
>
> Martin
>

pushed to master