Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:45:48 -0400 (EDT) From: James Egelhof <jegelhof@cloud9.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WHO: invalid hostname? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810022244400.10296-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9810021457440.14206-100000@mercury.webnology.com>
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Is there some way that the system can be configured to put the IP address there instead of the (useless) text "invalid hostname"? -james On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Jasper O'Malley wrote: > On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > > What causes the below? > > > > lomar p6 invalid hostname 2:09PM 4 ssh -l marcus > > > > Misconfigured DNS such that a reverse DNS doesn't work? > > It happens when reverse DNS returns a hostname for which a forward DNS > lookup fails. --- James Egelhof jegelhof@cloud9.net Cloud 9 Consulting, Inc. +1 (914) 696-4000 White Plains, New York http://www.cloud9.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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