underscores in hostname

[Roy Arends]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 HAG.Keijzer at mindef.nl wrote:

> Hi there
> 
> okay okay okay I know that underscores _ are NOT allowed in hostnames.
> 
> However, i'm in an environment with a lot of crap, and tons of names with
> underscores.
> 
> I run Bind 8.2.3 on solaris (in lab), and it rejects the hostnames.
> 8.1.2 warned but continued.
> 
> Is there any solution to stop Bind from rejecting hostnames with _'s?
> I looked through the 8.2.3 docs, but couldn't find anything.
> 
> Or is this a 'get the source and modify the parser' action?
> 
> Sincerely Yours
> Gody Keijzer

You can use the check-names option in your options list.