Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 17:15:59 -0500 From: bazzoola <bazzoola@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com Subject: Re: hostname and domains Message-ID: <4293A79F.5090909@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGKEJLHFAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGKEJLHFAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
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fbsd_user wrote: >What does the hostname command on the FreeBSD box return when you >enter it on the command line? > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of bazzoola >Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 5:55 PM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: hostname and domains > > >Greetings, > >I have Three workstations all of them are pretty much setup the same >way. All of them use DHCP and all of them connect to the same server >(I >do not know what is it running as of now) > >The first workstation is Windows XP. It receives its IP and hostname >correct basically I get 10.0.0.201 and winxp.mydomain.com as a >hostname >both host and IP resolve to each other correctly >The second workstation is Mac OS X. It receives similar enough >10.0.0.202 and macosx.mydomain.com as a hostname both IP and >hostname >resolve to each other correctly. >The third which is a FreeBSD 5.4-Release receives an IP address >10.0.0.203 but does not get a hostname. Well the hostname is setup >in >rc.conf as bsd01 but the DNS in the domain is not aware of it for >some >reason. >The NS can resolve macosx and winxp but it cannot resolve the >hostname >for bsd01. > >Any thoughts what is going here? > >Thanks in advance, >bazzoola > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > hostname command returns bsd01.mydomain.com which is the same value I have in rc.conf but the command host bsd01 ....... gives % host bsd01.mydomain.com Host bsd01.mydomain.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) unlike winxp and macosx. bsd01 does not return the IP :( bazzoola
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