Comments on: Determine the Maximum Host Name Length in Linux with HOST_NAME_MAX http://www.dbuggr.com/smehta26/max-hostname-length-linux/ Share Knowledge & Be Rewarded Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:13:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: smehta26 http://www.dbuggr.com/smehta26/max-hostname-length-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-2063 smehta26 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:44:18 +0000 http://www.dbuggr.com/smehta26/max-hostname-length-linux/#comment-2063 "If anyone wondered what is the max length of hostname you can use (solutions and guess over the internet already), but just itching to write down how to find out. Here’s how.. krish@lin-hyd-dsk-07:~> getconf HOST_NAME_MAX 64 This is defined in file krish@lin-hyd-dsk-07:~> grep HOST_NAME_MAX /usr/include/bits/local_lim.h #define HOST_NAME_MAX 64" “If anyone wondered what is the max length of hostname you can use (solutions and guess over the internet already), but just itching to write down how to find out. Here’s how..

krish@lin-hyd-dsk-07:~> getconf HOST_NAME_MAX
64

This is defined in file
krish@lin-hyd-dsk-07:~> grep HOST_NAME_MAX /usr/include/bits/local_lim.h
#define HOST_NAME_MAX 64″

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