Re: Domain Name too long? - Problems

From: Eriq Neale (eon_at_eonconsulting.idonotwantspam.net)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:50:04 GMT

On 2004-12-28 10:27:08 -0600, "Jeff Middleton [SBS-MVP]"
<jeff@cfisolutions.com> said:

> It's very clear in the KBs I've looked at that MS strongly recommends
> against using a Netbios name over 14 characters long. What not clear to me
> is how you could actually accomplish it. I'm curious how you created a
> longer name, and if it was by using the standard SBS setup, why it wasn't
> blocked. (I plan to ask SBS Dev folks that question.)

I ran into a very similar situation working with someone on a
documentation project. When this person was entering the domain
information, a very long name was used, and it was truncated to 16
characters, not 14. As this was a test for documentation purposes, we
were able to just rebuild the box and move on, and I didn't think
anything further of it. I'll wager, tho, if we try to duplicate the
scenario, we'll be able to without difficulty. Let us know what Dev
says about this.

-Eriq 

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