Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:59:46 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <mail23@bzerk.org> To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: host and hostname Message-ID: <20030903085946.GA35676@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <20030903100321.O649@pukruppa.net> References: <004e01c371ed$e0fc3a00$3601a8c0@nova> <20030903100321.O649@pukruppa.net>
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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"
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