On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, Craig White wrote: > On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 12:08 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote: > > /etc/hosts contains only > > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > > # that require network functionality will fail. > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > > > I that infer my machine has not been getting its hostname through DNS. > > > > Is there a way to ask the system where it did get the hostname? > ---- > cat /etc/sysconfig/network That gives me NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain which to me is not informative. > you can edit there if you wish - probably have to '/sbin/service network > restart' to get it to take though. > > My guess is that you named this machine when you did the original > install. Assuming I did so (it was orange and it tasted like orange juice), where would that information be stored? > the 'nslookup 24.117.45.226' provides resolution based upon reverse dns > for the ip range which obviously is provided by your provider, > cableone.net and is typical for residential dhcp clients on public ip > space. -- Mike hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES. *I* ONLY TURN UP ONCE." -- Death
