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Subject: Re: can't do reverse dns with /etc/hosts
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Simon Dick wrote:
> 
> I guess my method of just using ping <hostname> and seeing what IP it tries
> to ping won't be suitable for this? :)

no because I want to test reverse DNS. ping doesn't lookup the name of a
given address, IIRC.

a.

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