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Date:      Fri, 31 Oct 1997 19:25:44 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Michael Alwan <mjalwan@rma.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   re: cvsup can't get own hostname
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971031192455.19820B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.971030192236.mjalwan@rma.edu>

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On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Michael Alwan wrote:

> Cvsup starts now--I've yet to put it to use.  But I have another question: why
> can't I query the host by the alias or hostname, as opposed to the numeric
> address?  The following commands
> 
> host mjalwan
> host mjalwan.rma.edu
> 
> will respond "Host not found, try again."  The man page for host says this
> should work.  Just wondering....

Try running `nslookup' and see who's reported for the server.  It may be
trying to reach your ISP's nameserver, and times out when it can't
connect.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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