Ubuntu
avahi package

hostnames from avahi-daemon.conf get double-escaped

Bug #331725 reported by David D Miller
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Avahi
Fix Released
Unknown
avahi (Ubuntu)
Triaged
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: avahi-daemon

Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Package: avahi-daemon-0.6.23-2ubuntu2.1

When putting spaces or escape codes into the hostname= setting in avahi-daemon.conf, the codes get double-escaped.

Examples:

hostname=Living Room HTPC
results in a host name coded like this broadcast to the network:
Living\\032Room\\032HTPC
which is displayed in the network browser as "Living\032Room\032HTPC" instead of "Living Room HTPC" because it got double-escaped. There should only be one \ in front of the 032. For example, my MacBook Pro is listed as "David Miller's MacBook Pro" in the network browser, but is broadcast like this to the network:
David\032Miller\039s\032MacBook\032Pro

Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)
Changed in avahi (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in avahi:
status: Unknown → New
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in avahi:
status: New → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
David D Miller (justdave) wrote :

This works as designed (i.e. this bug is fixed) in Ubuntu 12.04b2

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