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List:       linux-ha-dev
Subject:    Re: [Linux-ha-dev] Bug: heartbeat's hostname parsing is case sensitive
From:       Alan Robertson <alanr () unix ! sh>
Date:       2003-03-25 16:34:27
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Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote:
> On 2003-03-25T09:05:01,
>    Alan Robertson <alanr@unix.sh> said:
> 
> 
>>Heartbeat deals with hostnames in several places.  Which place do you have 
>>in mind?
> 
> 
> In this particular case, it complained about it's configuration file. (The
> node is named 'E145' in DNS and is set to that via DHCP, but I always write
> 'e145' because I hate caps ;)
> 
> The easiest way would be to lower-case at all entry points for hostnames:
> configuration file, resolver etc, and only deal with lower case internally...
> 
> This also affects the various powerswitches which are driven by heartbeat...

But the power switches may *not* be case insensitive themselves.  So, this 
complicates things somewhat...


-- 
     Alan Robertson <alanr@unix.sh>

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