Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 07:46:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: "Rommel B. Ikeda" <r_ikeda@oisca.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: host and hostname Message-ID: <20030905074331.O649@pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <003001c3734f$8a23abb0$6701a8c0@nova> References: <004e01c371ed$e0fc3a00$3601a8c0@nova><20030903100321.O649@pukruppa.net> <003001c3734f$8a23abb0$6701a8c0@nova>
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Rommel B. Ikeda wrote: > Thanks very much for the reply, my apologies for not replying so soon.... > > Actually, I posted my question on "host and hostname", because, I have been > trying to find out if my Internet Settings is correct or not...I am having > problems with cvsup for a very long long time now... So ask questions about cvsup. I am no big programmer or anything but I have been using cvsup for about three years now. > I know that their is something wrong with our internet connection in our > company...but, I do not think that the person in-charge of our Computer Room > can help me...Unfortunately, Although we are an NGO, Nobody knows about > FreeBSD yet in our Organization... How do you know there is samething wrong? Regards, Uli. > Rommel B. Ikeda > OISCA-International > http://www.oisca.org/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ruben de Groot" <mail23@bzerk.org> > To: "Peter Ulrich Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> > Cc: "Rommel B. Ikeda" <r_ikeda@oisca.org>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 5:59 PM > Subject: Re: host and hostname > > > > On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:07:12AM +0200, Peter Ulrich Kruppa typed: > > > On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Rommel B. Ikeda wrote: > > > > > > > Hi... > > > > > > > > I am still a newbie...and practicing how to get use to FreeBSD and > UNIX... > > > > > > > > I have a question: > > > > Why is it when I invoke the command "host", this comes out "host not > found, > > > > try again". > > > host selects information from the internet about registered > > > domains, try > > > # host freebsd.org > > > > > > > But if I invoke the "hostname" command it displays my hostname and > Domain... > > > hostname reads your local /etc/rc.conf file. > > > > Actually, it reads or sets sysctl kern.hostname > > > > > > Can someone point me to some information about it aside from the man > > > > pages... > > > > What's wrong with the manpages? They are very clear on this subject. > > If you want to get used to FreeBSD and Unix, get used to reading > > manpages. > > > > Ruben > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > > > Rommel B. Ikeda > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > > +---------------------------+ > > > | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | > > > | Wuppertal | > > > | Germany | > > > +---------------------------+ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+
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