Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 04:50:41 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com> To: stheg olloydson <stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: "Bad Host Name" Error Message Message-ID: <20041208044742.90ED.GERARD-SEIBERT@rcn.com> In-Reply-To: <20041208025953.82957.qmail@web53901.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041208025953.82957.qmail@web53901.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:59:53 PM stheg olloydson <stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com> wrote: |>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 ********** Reply Separator ********** Wednesday, December 08, 2004 4:47:42 AM Sorry, but it did not make one iota of difference. Thanks anyway! It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance? - Ronald Reagan
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