From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Dec  8 02:53:37 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7367C16A4CE
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Wed,  8 Dec 2004 02:53:37 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org
	(CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.194.102.143])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BAF343D6A
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Wed,  8 Dec 2004 02:53:37 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org)
Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000)
	id A1A33512CB; Tue,  7 Dec 2004 18:59:56 -0800 (PST)
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:59:56 -0800
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com>
Message-ID: <20041208025956.GB11373@xor.obsecurity.org>
References: <Pine.WNT.4.61.0412072138420.3684@Treneq>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;
	protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="+g7M9IMkV8truYOl"
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.61.0412072138420.3684@Treneq>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i
cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: "Bad Host Name" Error Message
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 02:53:37 -0000


--+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--