[iyonix-support] Re: Bug/limit in Iyonix hosts file?

On 31 Jan 2009 Paul Vigay <lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,

> Does anyone know if there is a maximum line length to entries in the hosts
> file (BootResources:!Internet.files.hosts)?

> I've got a local server entry with numerous aliases configured for it.
> However, I've just added a new entry (taking the line length over 255
> charactesr) and now the entire line is ignored.

> On removing the new entry, all the other aliases start working again - so I
> presume there must be a 255 character limit or something....?

More than likely.

I'm pleased there seems to be some input validation and it didn't 
buffer overflow and crash.

Cheers
---Dave

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