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


  • To: "Tim Freeman" <tfreeman@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 20:40:56 +0100
  • Delivery-date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 19:39:48 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>
  • Thread-index: AcV/+k6yq87Yp+AgSBSw/GTLB8k3YwADHvrA
  • Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] no digit beginning name?

 
> 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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