From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 9 15:15: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (pns.wobline.de [212.68.68.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F07B737B41E for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2001 15:14:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from colt.ncptiddische.net (ppp-219.wobline.de [212.68.69.230]) by mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (8.11.3/8.11.3/tw-20010821) with ESMTP id fB9NEUA22499; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:14:30 +0100 Received: from tisys.org (poison.ncptiddische.net [192.168.0.5]) by colt.ncptiddische.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fB9NFhX07328; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:15:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils@tisys.org) Received: (from nils@localhost) by tisys.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fB9NEdf20998; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:14:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:14:39 +0100 From: Nils Holland To: RJ45 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: w not displaying host names Message-ID: <20011210001439.A20835@tisys.org> Mail-Followup-To: RJ45 , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from rj45@slacknet.com on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 03:18:26PM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD poison.ncptiddische.net 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-Machine-Uptime: 12:10AM up 6:28, 1 user, load averages: 0.13, 0.03, 0.01 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 03:18:26PM -0700, RJ45 stood up and spoke: > > Hello! > I have this problem with w, it is not displaying hostnames of valid IP > addresses > > USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT > jhansen p1 199.104.120.103 10:57PM 14 (tcsh) > fddi p2 137.204.49.17 11:12PM - w The first thing that comes to my mind: Are you sure that your DNS is working correctly? Are your local machines specified in /etc/hosts and is a valid nameserver defined in /etc/host.conf? Probably verifying the things mentioned above will help. Greetings Nils -- Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message