Debian bug report logs - #1094 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1094: Problem in reading the host name from file Reply-To: sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph) Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 16:18:03 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: hostname X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Wed, 12 Jul 1995 16:18:03 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 0712160918230; Wed, 12 Jul 1995 16:09:18 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sW4KS-00063ZC; Wed, 12 Jul 95 09:08 PDT Received: from irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de by pixar.com with SMTP id AA01979 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 12 Jul 1995 09:06:27 -0700 Received: by irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (5.67b+/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA09668; Wed, 12 Jul 1995 18:07:45 +0200 Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 18:07:45 +0200 From: sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph) Message-Id: <199507121607.AA09668@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Package: hostname Version: 1.6-2 (I didn't find a non-debian maintainer for this program, therefore I report the bug here. Please forward this if necessary.) When I invoke 'hostname --file /etc/hostname' and the host name in /etc/hostname is not trerminated with '\n' , the hostname will not be set. System information : - Debian 0.93R5 - Linux 1.2.8, i386 How to repeat the bug: # hostname '' # hostname # od -ax /etc/hostname 0000000 i r s 2 1 2 7269 3273 3231 0000006 # hostname --file /etc/hostname # hostname # editing /etc/hostname ... # od -ax /etc/hostname 0000000 i r s 2 1 2 nl nul 7269 3273 3231 000a 0000007 # hostname --file /etc/hostname # hostname irs212 # How to fix the bug: *** hostname.c.original Sun Feb 5 17:14:18 1995 --- hostname.c Sun Feb 5 17:16:09 1995 *************** *** 146,158 **** char fline[MAXHOSTNAMELEN]; if ((fd = fopen(optarg, "r")) != NULL) { ! while (fgets(fline, sizeof(fline), fd) != NULL) if ((p = index(fline, '\n')) != NULL) { *p = '\0'; - if (fline[0] == '#') - continue; - sethname(fline); } (void) fclose(fd); } else { fprintf(stderr,"%s: can't open `%s'\n", --- 146,159 ---- char fline[MAXHOSTNAMELEN]; if ((fd = fopen(optarg, "r")) != NULL) { ! while (fgets(fline, sizeof(fline), fd) != NULL) { if ((p = index(fline, '\n')) != NULL) { *p = '\0'; } + if (fline[0] == '#') + continue; + sethname(fline); + } (void) fclose(fd); } else { fprintf(stderr,"%s: can't open `%s'\n", Sven -- Sven Rudolph (sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de); WWW : http://www.sax.de/~sr1/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph) Subject: Bug#1094: Acknowledgement (was: Problem in reading the host name from file) In-Reply-To: <199507121607.AA09668@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de> References: <199507121607.AA09668@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de> Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1094" or "Re: Bug#1094" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov