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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
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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

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