On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jeff Frost <jeff@frostconsultingllc.com> writes:
>> I believe you must list all 4 octets of the subnet.
>
> Oh, duh. The comments in inet_aton() show that it is interpreting
> "10.6" in what most people nowadays would find a surprising way:
>
> case 1: /* a -- 32 bits */
> case 2: /* a.b -- 8.24 bits */
> case 3: /* a.b.c -- 8.8.16 bits */
> case 4: /* a.b.c.d -- 8.8.8.8 bits */
>
> ie, it is read as if it were "10.0.0.6" ... hence no match, but also no
> syntax error.
Wow, I sure would've never guessed that.
I confirmed the behavior on my windows test server here.
Paul, just add the 0s and you'll be golden.
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