Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 17:34:40 -0700 From: Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org> To: mpd <mpd@rochester.rr.com> Cc: chip.wiegand@simrad.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hostname problem, apparently only in X Message-ID: <20020423173440.349461a4.chip@wiegand.org> In-Reply-To: <20020423193514.A18995@rochester.rr.com> References: <OF8A2628B2.054EA2A9-ON88256BA4.0080842C-88256BA4.0080E561@simrad.no> <20020423193514.A18995@rochester.rr.com>
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Sooo, on Tue, 23 Apr 2002 19:35:14 -0400 mpd <mpd@rochester.rr.com> wrote: > > When I do nslookup with my ipaddress I get > > Can't find server name for address 157.237.xx.xxx: nonexistant > > host/domain Server: Cache02.ns.uu.net > > Address: 198.x.x.x > > Cache02.ns.uu.net can't find 157.237.65.118: nonexistant host/domain > > > > We have a dhcp server, NT, ip 157.237.xx.xxx. My freebsd box gets > > it's info from that dhcp server. > > Including the hostname? > > The hostname should be fully qualified, or at least listed in > /etc/hosts. I assume doing an nslookup on 'cwiegand2' doesn't find > anything. Try adding it to /etc/hosts if it isn't already, and make > sure 'hosts' is listed before 'bind' in /etc/host.conf (which I > believe is default.) Good point, I'm at home right now, I'll check that tomorrow. I probably forgot to enter that into the hosts file. Seems everytime I set up a new box I forget something. Guess I should make a list of what to do for each install. Anyway, I'm quite sure I need to add it to the hosts file. Later, Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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