Bug 64819 - Installer accepts hostname containing a space " ".
Summary: Installer accepts hostname containing a space " ".
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.3
Hardware: athlon
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-05-13 06:57 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:42 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-05-13 21:11:52 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2002-05-13 06:57:41 UTC 
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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)

Description of problem:
Installer accepts hostname containing a space. This causes loads of problems 
since hostnames are not supposed to contain spaces. This should be prevented 
by the installer!

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install it
2. Choose a hostname containing a space
3. Boot your box
	

Actual Results:  Errors, Errors, Errors

Expected Results:  Installer shouldn't accept spaces!

Additional info:
Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2002-05-13 19:05:24 UTC 
We'll make sure we test this condition in the future.
Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2002-06-12 21:48:47 UTC 
Fixed.
Comment 3 Michael Fulbright 2002-12-20 17:38:25 UTC 
Time tracking values updated
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