Perplexing it is. <s> My hosts also has a localhost (set to local machine, 127.0.0.1) -- should that be in there?
Now, it happens I have a domain name I can use to put in here, but what would one do if one did not have one? Thanks, Hank -----Original Message----- From: Lindsay Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 06, 1998 9:17 PM To: Hank Fay Subject: Re: hostname lookup failure I'm no expert, but I would check that /etc/hostname has the right name and that /etc/hosts shows something like www.xxx.yyy.zzz myhost.something.org myhost Then try hostname hostname -f This problem can be really perplexing at times. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 2486 32.0125S 115.8445E vk6lj Debian Linux =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Sun, 6 Sep 1998, Hank Fay wrote: > I have a Hamm box set up with a cable modem driver for the SB-1000 > (courtesy of Franco Venture, [EMAIL PROTECTED]), and so far am connecting > to the ISP just fine. However, being networking challenged, I am getting > "Host name lookup failure" -- but of course it's a "user setup failure" > also. <g> > > I have the nameserver in resolve.conf set to the IP of the ISP's nameserver. > I am not running a local DNS. > > Any directions to start looking would very much appreciated -- so near yet > so... <s> > > Hank > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
