Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Philippe Strauss) | Subject | Re: Possible /etc/hosts parsing bug? | Date | Mon, 18 Nov 1996 08:58:38 +0100 (MET) |
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Mike wrote: > > I have found something that may be a small parsing bug, but may > also be within the specs of its functionality... In my hosts file > I had a few entries: > > 172.16.2.1 Atomic.shocking.com > 172.16.2.2 Nuclear.shocking.com > 172.16.2.3 Fusion.shocking.com > > In an effort to line everything up and make it look pretty I modified the > previous lines to the following: > > 172.016.002.001 Atomic.shocking.com > 172.016.002.002 Nuclear.shocking.com > 172.016.002.003 Fusion.shocking.com > > Numerically, these have the same values, but when I tried to ping fusion, > the IP that it was using was 172.14.2.3. When the extra '0's were deleted > ping worked fine. Is this within the operating specs? Just curious, > > Mike Cumings (aka linux-kernel pest) > mcumings@ecst.csuchico.edu
Not at all, it's just that number with leading zeroe are meant in *octal*. I spend two days figuring out what was wrong with my networking setup, when I first connected my lili box to internet. I was doing the same mistake. :*)
-- Philippe Strauss, CH-1092 Belmont
Email: <philippe.strauss@urbanet.ch> Homepage: http://sicel-home-1-4.urbanet.ch
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