Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 14:40:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Bob K <melange@yip.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvsup & no DNS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980708143755.12014S-100000@yip.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980708123055.12014P-100000@yip.org>
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On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Bob K wrote: > I'm trying to run cvsup on a private network connected via NAT. Now, the > problem is that my host doesn't have a DNS entry, so I picked something > arbitrary for the hostname. When I try to run cvsup, I get: > > Cannot get IP address of my own host -- is its hostname correct? > > Looking through the man page, I can't seem to find a place to specify the > IP or get around this. Is there a way? Please cc: melange@yip.org in the > reply, as I'm not on the list (too much traffic ;)... kwoody@citytel.net suggested putting my nonexistent hostname in /etc/hosts, which worked splendiferously :) Now all I need is a way to mount Novell volumes over IPX... (Looking through newsgroup archives isn't looking promising, though :/ ) melange@yip.org - "Slightly tacky but completely entertaining" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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