Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:59:56 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: "Bad Host Name" Error Message Message-ID: <20041208025956.GB11373@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.61.0412072138420.3684@Treneq> References: <Pine.WNT.4.61.0412072138420.3684@Treneq>
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--+g7M9IMkV8truYOl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 09:41:22PM -0500, Gerard Seibert wrote: > I continually receive an error message about a bad host name. This is the= =20 > error message: >=20 > Starting cron > Local package initialization: printerDec 7 21:20:44 BeerStud@rcn lpd[438]= :=20 > Get_local_host: hostname 'BeerStud@rcn.com' bad > 2004-12-07-21:20:44.236 Get_local_host: hostname 'BeerStud@rcn.com' bad >=20 > This is the contents of my 'rc.conf' file: >=20 > blanktime=3D"3600" > Hostname=3DBeerStud@rcn.com > ifconfig_rl0=3D"DHCP" > linux_enable=3D"YES" > nfs_client_enable=3D"YES" > saver=3D"logo" > sendmail_enable=3D"NONE" > usbd_enable=3D"YES" > lprng_enable=3D"YES" > clear_tmp_enable=3D"YES" > ntpd_enable=3D"YES" > ntpdate_flags=3D" -b 0.pool.ntp.org" > inetd_enable=3D"NO" >=20 > I have tried different combinations of 'host names', but without success.= =20 > My ISP is "rcn.com." Host names don't include '@', that's an email address. Kris --+g7M9IMkV8truYOl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBtm4sWry0BWjoQKURAtsjAKCek0J7eubFHHSD1lOILchGgzxRjQCfcH3o 0TZdPeHtCTMpDskyxUL0OGw= =N78O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+g7M9IMkV8truYOl--
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