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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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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

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