From: Herbert Poetzl (herbert_at_13thfloor.at)
Date: Fri 08 Oct 2004 - 15:08:46 BST
On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 05:50:10AM -0700, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Thomas Gelf wrote:
>
> > as far as I can remember (I used it for a really short time) vs1.2.x
> > added an interface alias for each vserver, like:
> >
> > eth0:vs1name
> >
> > maybe there is a limit, a maximal length for alias names hardcoded
> > somewhere? try it with websrv01, websrv02 and so on!
>
> At a time long ago in place other than the current Linux-Vserver I seem to
> remember there was a 10 character limit on the vserver names. There is
> also a nine character or so hard-coded display limit in all things
> 'ifconfig'-wise.
>
> And so I've exhausted my memory and knowledge so this may all have
> changed.
see http://vserver.13thfloor.at/Stuff/VServer-IP-Setup-0.1.txt
(the very last note/paragraph) for details regarding the length,
and yes, the 'alias' limit seems to be the issue here ...
by default, new style vservers do not use aliases anymore ...
best,
Herbert
> Rod
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