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   Message 882 of 2,445   
   Vince Coen to Kees van Eeten   
   Test for links etc   
   07 May 14 23:49:33   
   
   Hello Kees!   
      
   Wednesday May 07 2014 21:32, you wrote to me:   
      
    >>> When MBSE reads the nodelist, it expects the dnsname to me in the   
    >>> nodename field, or the ip number in the phone filed, or as eb   
    >>> extent to the IBN flag.   
      
    >>> MBSE does not know about the INA flag. With the change to   
    >>> -Unpublished- many systems and especially functional numbers   
    >>> returned to using function names in the bbs-name field and moved   
    >>> the dns name to the INA flag.   
      
    >>> So a change is needed to include the INA flag as a possible source   
    >>> of the node name, or you have to use a preprocessor, that modifies   
    >>> the nodelist in such a way that the hostname is put in the   
    >>> bbs-namefield.   
      
    >>> So the problem is nodelist related and not specific for Linux   
    >>> distribution.   
      
    >>> My needs are so low, that it is not likely that I will take the   
    >>> challenge, but maybe Andrew will, if you are not up to it   
    >>> yourself.   
      
    VC>> The flag INA is the primary source for an IP address. In fact   
    VC>> according to my reading of the nodelist summary near the bottom   
    VC>> of it INA is the only flag that relates to such.   
      
    VC>> If you know of another method please let me know.   
      
   I meant other method of storing the IP address within the NODELIST other than   
   after INA:   
      
      
      
   Vince   
      
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