>I continually receive an error message about a bad host name. This is the
>error message:
>
>Starting cron
>Local package initialization: printerDec 7 21:20:44 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>lpd[438]: Get_local_host: hostname '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' bad
>2004-12-07-21:20:44.236 Get_local_host: hostname '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" is an email address, not a host name. Replace it
>something like "BeerStud.rcn.com" although you would be best using a
>domain name you owned rather than someone else's domain.
I had a problem similar to this. I know of one way to fix it and another
potential way. First you can find out what your real host name is by using:
traceroute your.ip.address
that will output some information like this:
traceroute to your.ip.address (your.ip.address), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 here.will.be.your.host.name (your.ip.address) 0.508 ms 0.547 ms 0.650 ms
As mentioned before, the host name will not have any "@". This will be your
real host name assigned by your ISP and is what you should use unless you have
some reason not to.
Second you could probably use the /etc/hosts file to map any name to your
current ip address. I have not done this so I am just guessing on this point.
It is likely far easier to use your real host name as described above.
Conan
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