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Date:      Tue, 7 Aug 2001 13:03:44 -0500
From:      Lucas Bergman <lucas@slb.to>
To:        Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to Use 'whois' to Lookup Hostname From IP Address
Message-ID:  <20010807130344.E49903@comp04.prc.uic.edu>
In-Reply-To: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A041@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>; from drewt@writeme.com on Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 10:47:26AM -0700
References:  <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A041@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>

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> So how can I use the whois command to enter my IP address and have
> it return my domain name?

That's not what 'whois' is for.  I think you want 'nslookup' (or
'dnsip' if you use djbdns instead of BIND).

Lucas

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