Hide Forgot
Description of problem: Trying to lookup a domain near the allowed maximum of 63 characters and additionally giving options fails with RHEL5, RHEL6 & Fedora 14 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): jwhois-3.2.3-8 jwhois-4.0-18 jwhois-4.0-23 Steps to Reproduce: $ whois -h whois.denic.de 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123.de [Querying whois.denic.de] [whois.denic.de] % Copyright (c) 2010 by DENIC % Version: 2.0 [...] => works as expected whois -h whois.denic.de -- -T dn 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123.de [IDN encoding of '-T dn 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123.de' failed with error code 5] => fails substracting 6 characters (for "-T dn "): $ whois -h whois.denic.de -- -T dn 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567.de [Querying whois.denic.de] [whois.denic.de] % Error: 55000000007 Request not clearly specified => syntax error, okay - but query was sent to whois-server successfully.
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an exception in the current release, please ask your support representative.
It's a bug - see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682841 - would be nice if this could be fixed.
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: Previously, when querying a domain with the name length near the allowed limit of 63 characters, and emitting command options to a whois server, the "whois" command failed because both the domain name and command options were given to a function responsible for translating Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) to ASCII. The length of such command was greater than the allowed limit. This update fixes this bug so that only the domain name is now translated after executing the command.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0921.html