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Re: [LUG] Url that doesn't work in linux...

 

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Anton Channing wrote:
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> Yeah, this matches my own problem.  Same machine, dual boot.
> In winxp it works, in linux it doesn't.  I mentioned the problem
> to the artist, but they seem unwilling to change their subdomain
> name, because they have generated a lot of traffic, and so don't
> understand why they would need to correct it.

Just create a valid one that maps to the same site.

Although I accept it isn't a valid hostname, I'm not sure the resolver
code is doing the right thing here.

And yes it is client side, not the DNS servers, as spotted earlier, a
simple "dig" shows that the DNS handles it fine, as it should.
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