utsname: Value too large to be stored in data type

[shirish11]

I dont get why this error comes on 11.23 HP
UX .

[Dennis Handly]

Do you have a uname(2) nodename field that is larger than 8 bytes?

[shirish11]

Yes ,My Node name is of 13 characters.

[Dennis Handly]

>My Node name is of 13 characters.

You'll need to truncate it to 8 if you want your applications to work.

[shirish11]

thanks