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Re: [Xen-devel] no digit beginning name?

Is it going to break anyone's setup if this patch does not include '/' as a
valid character in a name?  As I reported in the beginning of the thread, it
seems to cause an unrecoverable crash to include '/'

Thanks,
Tim

On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 20:40:56 +0100
"Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  
> > In XendDomainInfo.py --> check_name() there is a restriction 
> > in place that a domain can not begin with a digit.  If I 
> > comment out this check:
> > 
> >         if name[0] in string.digits:
> >             raise VmError('invalid vm name')
> > 
> > ... I can start and stop a domain whose name starts with a 
> > digit just fine.  Is there a reason this restriction is in place?  
> 
> You can also manipulate domains by their domid, so I'm guess the test is
> an attempt to avoid confusion. Preventing all-numeric names would be
> more sensible -- can you post a fix.
> 
> Thanks.
> Ian
> 
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