On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Christoph Bugel wrote: > On 2002-12-11, mail Admin wrote: > > Hi > > how can i konw the computer name that take my IP ADDRESS > > suppose that your IP address is 10.20.30.40, try: > > host 10.20.30.40 > > or (if you use YP): > > ypcat hosts | grep 10.20.30.40
For both YP, LDAP and winbind (and your standard /etc/hosts, of course): getent hosts | grep 10.20.30.40 (great to have nsswitch) 'arp' (on the local LAN) and ping can also help to determain which actually thinks it "holds" the IP address. -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]