Bug 135422 - getent returns nothing
Summary: getent returns nothing
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification: Red Hat
Component: glibc   
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Version: 3.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Jakub Jelinek
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Reported: 2004-10-12 16:55 UTC by Roehl Obaldo
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-10-22 07:42:03 UTC
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Description Roehl Obaldo 2004-10-12 16:55:13 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Getent hosts will not display output if hostname starts with numeric.
It has no problem resolving if hostname starts with alpha characters.




Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
glibc-2.3.2-95.27

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Configure hosts entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf to first look 
in /etc/hosts.
2.Add two entries to the /etc/hosts file:
192.168.2.1    dhcp2-1
192.168.2.2    2dhcp2
3.Issue the commands:
getent hosts dhcp2-1
getent hosts 2dhcp2

    

Actual Results:  getent hosts dhcp2-1
192.168.2.1     dhcp2-1

getent hosts 2dhcp2
<NOTHING>

Expected Results:  getent hosts dhcp2-1
192.168.2.1     dhcp2-1

getent hosts 2dhcp2
192.168.2.2    2dhcp2



Additional info:
Comment 1 Jakub Jelinek 2004-10-22 07:42:03 UTC 
Fixed in glibc-2.3.3-73.
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