[Bug 735072] Re: The hostname proposed by installer is too long for file sharing to work correctly.

[Marcus Haslam]

I'm out of the office until 1st August.

On 25 Apr 2011, at 19:26, Jelmer Vernooij <735072 at bugs.launchpad.net>  
wrote:

> On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 17:02 +0000, Johan Fornander wrote:
> The source code in the official samba git (source/lib/util.c) seems to
> use HOST_NAME_MAX and I found an inconsistency in the code base:
>
> source/lib/replace/replace.h:
> 384 #ifndef HOST_NAME_MAX
> 385 #define HOST_NAME_MAX 255
>
> source/lib/replace/system/network.h	
> 269 #ifndef HOST_NAME_MAX
> 270 #define HOST_NAME_MAX 256
>
> Which one is used?
> Neither would/should be used as the Linux system headers already  
> define
> HOST_NAME_MAX. These defines are only for platforms that don't have
> HOST_NAME_MAX.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jelmer
>
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> Title:
>  The hostname proposed by installer is too long for file sharing to
>  work correctly.
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
>  Triaged
> Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>  I have an Acer Aspire TimelineX 3820TG notebook running Natty.
>
>  When installing Natty the installer wizard proposed the hostname
>  "johan-aspire-3820" (17 characters). This made it impossible for me  
> to
>  share files over the network using a machine running OSX on the other
>  end. Changing the hostname to a shorter (4 characters in my case)  
> made
>  file sharing work again after rebooting. I have been using the  
> sharing
>  option through right-clicking in nautilus and would like to see the
>  following changes:
>
>  1. A limit of x (depending on samba?) characters for hostname when  
> performing a fresh install. If the user wants a longer one this  
> could be done using some override setting option.
>  2. Also, when trying to share files through nautilus, check to see  
> if the hostname does fit withing the limit x or else give the user  
> an option to change this.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: software-center 3.1.23.2
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-6.34-generic 2.6.38-rc7
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-6-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
>  Architecture: amd64
>  Date: Mon Mar 14 17:12:56 2011
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64  
> (20110119)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: software-center
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  The hostname proposed by installer is too long for file sharing to
  work correctly.

Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Confirmed
Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I have an Acer Aspire TimelineX 3820TG notebook running Natty.

  When installing Natty the installer wizard proposed the hostname
  "johan-aspire-3820" (17 characters). This made it impossible for me to
  share files over the network using a machine running OSX on the other
  end. Changing the hostname to a shorter (4 characters in my case) made
  file sharing work again after rebooting. I have been using the sharing
  option through right-clicking in nautilus and would like to see the
  following changes:

  1. A limit of x (depending on samba?) characters for hostname when performing a fresh install. If the user wants a longer one this could be done using some override setting option.
  2. Also, when trying to share files through nautilus, check to see if the hostname does fit withing the limit x or else give the user an option to change this.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: software-center 3.1.23.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-6.34-generic 2.6.38-rc7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-6-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Mar 14 17:12:56 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110119)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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