On Sun Apr 28, 2002 at 09:08:22PM -0700, Kapil Khosla wrote: > Hi, > Is there a program / utility in Linux to find out the information of a remote > host by telling its IP address. > I am interested in knowing the hostname, possibly location (server),of a > remote machine whose IP address is known to me, > Thanks > Kapil > > the 2 quickies:
host 66.218.71.63 nslookup 66.218.71.63 (they both have manpages & numerous options) Now that we have a name: whois ns1.yahoo.com Or often better: whois -h networksolutions.com ns1.yahoo.com -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]