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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/command.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/command.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/command.c b/lib/command.c index 5335969fbc..e5e0623163 100644 --- a/lib/command.c +++ b/lib/command.c @@ -1962,7 +1962,15 @@ DEFUN (config_hostname, struct cmd_token *word = argv[1]; if (!isalnum((int)word->arg[0])) { - vty_out(vty, "Please specify string starting with alphabet\n"); + vty_out(vty, + "Please specify string starting with alphabet or number\n"); + return CMD_WARNING_CONFIG_FAILED; + } + + /* With reference to RFC 1123 Section 2.1 */ + if (strlen(word->arg) > HOSTNAME_LEN) { + vty_out(vty, "Hostname length should be less than %d chars\n", + HOSTNAME_LEN); return CMD_WARNING_CONFIG_FAILED; } |