Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 10:02:08 -0800 From: polymorph@shaw.ca To: gerard-seibert@rcn.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Bad Host Name" Error Message Message-ID: <20041208100208.57296ec5.polymorph@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <20041208114130.B489416A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20041208114130.B489416A4CF@hub.freebsd.org>
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>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' >"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. I had a problem similar to this. I know of one way to fix it and another potential way. First you can find out what your real host name is by using: traceroute your.ip.address that will output some information like this: traceroute to your.ip.address (your.ip.address), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 here.will.be.your.host.name (your.ip.address) 0.508 ms 0.547 ms 0.650 ms As mentioned before, the host name will not have any "@". This will be your real host name assigned by your ISP and is what you should use unless you have some reason not to. Second you could probably use the /etc/hosts file to map any name to your current ip address. I have not done this so I am just guessing on this point. It is likely far easier to use your real host name as described above. Conan
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