Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 17:43:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Karl Agee <kdagee2@yahoo.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem getting updates.... Message-ID: <20010715004349.18660.qmail@web12301.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200107150036.f6F0a9A03312@ptavv.es.net>
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Hi Kevin, greetings from Hanford! Thanks for replying. --- Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> wrote: > Karl, > > Your system must have a hostname and it must be > resolvable from a > remote system for cvsup to work. This could be the problem, I dont have a registered domain. Just accessing via dialup through an isp. > > Are you running DHCP or do you have a static > address? Neither. IP assigned dymanically by the isp. If it's a > static, does the name resolve? Try 'host NAME' to > check on forward > resolution and 'host ADDRESS' to see if the reverse > works. (Replace > NAME with the FQDN of your host and address with the > IP address of > your host. > > If your are dialing in, PPP should assign the > address. But host(1) > should be able to resolve it, in any case. > > If this fails, check whether my address lookup > works. What does 'host > yahoo.com' return? It should return something like: > su-2.03# host yahoo.com yahoo.com has address 216.115.108.245 yahoo.com has address 216.115.108.243 > yahoo.com has address 216.115.108.245 > yahoo.com has address 216.115.108.243 > yahoo.com mail is handled (pri=1) by > mx2.mail.yahoo.com > yahoo.com mail is handled (pri=1) by > mx3.mail.yahoo.com > yahoo.com mail is handled (pri=9) by > mta-v18.mail.yahoo.com > yahoo.com mail is handled (pri=1) by > mx1.mail.yahoo.com > > If this fails, your /etc/resolv.conf needs to have > at least one valid > nameserver line in it. I have the two for the isp's dns servers. > If that fails, you need to provide more information > or contact your > provider about correct registration of your host(s). > > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory > (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 hope some of the above helps! --karl __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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