"Ivan J. Varzinczak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to know if someone can give me any sugestions about >how I can discover the domain name given an IP address. For example, >if I have the IP address 205.188.146.23, I would like to discover what >the domain name is, in that case, aol.com.
Well, you can get the hostname and strip off leading components: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ host 205.188.146.23 Name: www2.aol.com Address: 205.188.146.23 > I've tried to use nslookup, but I've had some problems in >setting the servers, because perhaps I'll need the "root" servers on >internet and it doesn't work very well. No, don't use the root servers unless you're running a nameserver; use the one that your ISP gave you instead. You'll need to put something like: nameserver 111.222.33.44 ... in /etc/resolv.conf, where 111.222.33.44 is the IP of your ISP's nameserver. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
