Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:59:53 -0800 (PST) From: stheg olloydson <stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com> To: gerard-seibert@rcn.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Bad Host Name" Error Message Message-ID: <20041208025953.82957.qmail@web53901.mail.yahoo.com>
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it was said: >I continually receive an error message about a bad host name. This is the >error message: > >Starting cron >Local package initialization: printerDec 7 21:20:44 BeerStud@rcn >lpd[438]: Get_local_host: hostname 'BeerStud@rcn.com' bad >2004-12-07-21:20:44.236 Get_local_host: hostname 'BeerStud@rcn.com' bad Hello, "BeerStud@rcn.com" is an email address, not a host name. Replace it something like "BeerStud.rcn.com" although you would be best using a domain name you owned rather than someone else's domain. HTH, stheg __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com
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