Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:46:25 +0900 From: "Rommel B. Ikeda" <r_ikeda@oisca.org> To: "Ruben de Groot" <mail23@bzerk.org>, <gihl@nesic.com.ph>, <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: host and hostname Message-ID: <003001c3734f$8a23abb0$6701a8c0@nova> References: <004e01c371ed$e0fc3a00$3601a8c0@nova><20030903100321.O649@pukruppa.net> <20030903085946.GA35676@ei.bzerk.org>
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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... Actually, I did tried: # host freebsd.org Host not found, Try again 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... Anyways, about my comments on "Can someone point me to some information about it aside from the man pages...", I do read the man pages, everytime, but on the time that I was reading about the "host and hostname", I was a little in a hurry and those technical terms just made my head ached so, I though maybe I would ask everybody, just for this time...My head was really full with the problems I have with cvsup... Thanks anyway... 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" >
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