Re: host name length

[Andreas Steinmetz]

Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Yes, each label can only have 63 bytes, but the entire fqdn can be
> longer, much longer.  And the hostname stored with sethostname() should
> be the fqdn of the machine, not just one lalbel (in DNS speak).

255 characters to be exact. The question was, however, for the hostname 
which I usually don't interpret as a fqdn.
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