hostname that begin with numerals

[Sanjay Yugal Kishore Ha]

Hello SysAdmins,

I plan to assign hostnames starting with numerals for my HP-UX machines viz. 11i-devel, 11o-test and so on.

Is this a correct thing to do? I couldn't find any documentation that says that the hostname must not begin with numerals.

Thanks,
Sanjay

[Pete Randall]

Sure, that's fine. In fact if you run "/sbin/set_parms hostname", it tells you that the name must "start with a letter or a number."


Pete

[Charles McCary]

Sanjay,

Technically it's fine. My only concern would be that if these boxes have the OS upgraded in the future you're names our now out of whack. As long as you're fine with that, I certainly am.

thanks,
c

[S.Rider]

I'm not sure I like the -'s in a filename though. I've never seen that.

[Pete Randall]

OK - to continue with "/sbin/set_parms
hostname", then:

it must:

* Start with a letter or number.

* Contain no more than 63 characters.

* Contain only letters, numbers, underscore (_), or dash (-). The underscore (_) is not recommended.


Pete

[Sanjay Yugal Kishore Ha]

Thanks for the inputs. They are big help now that I have seen the set_parms output as well.

Thanks,
Sanjay