On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 01:06:02PM +0100, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote: > Since Microsoft Windows has several limitations on allowed characters and > number of characters in ComputerName (which is what hostname is > translated to), lets inform the app developers about these limitations. > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff715676.aspx > --- > osinfo/osinfo_install_config.c | 13 +++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/osinfo/osinfo_install_config.c b/osinfo/osinfo_install_config.c > index de4ee42..af0f007 100644 > --- a/osinfo/osinfo_install_config.c > +++ b/osinfo/osinfo_install_config.c > @@ -343,6 +343,19 @@ const gchar *osinfo_install_config_get_reg_product_key(OsinfoInstallConfig *conf > OSINFO_INSTALL_CONFIG_PROP_REG_PRODUCTKEY); > } > > +/** > + * osinfo_install_config_set_hostname: > + * @config: the install config > + * @hostname: the desired hostname > + * > + * Sets the #OSINFO_INSTALL_CONFIG_PROP_HOSTNAME parameter. > + * > + * Note that some operating systems have restrictions on maximum number of, and > + * allowed characters in hostname (or its equivalent) so it is highly > + * recommended that you keep the actual hostname less than or equal to 15 > + * characters long and make sure that it does not contain any characters other > + * than ASCII alphanumeric and '-'. I'd add "Automatic installation may fail if the OS has restrictions on this value and it contains invalid characters." Christophe _______________________________________________ Libosinfo mailing list Libosinfo@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libosinfo
