From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 4 21:46:53 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 334E8BB5 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2015 21:46:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F151BB69 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2015 21:46:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-19-57.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.19.57]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id t14LZk3i031411 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2015 15:35:46 -0600 Message-ID: <54D29229.6070004@hiwaay.net> Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:42:01 -0600 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: whois utility References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 21:46:53 -0000 On 02/04/15 15:27, John Ratliff wrote: > I have a FreeBSD 9.2 server and I’m trying to use whois on an IP address, but it tells me my query terms are ambiguous, gives me two results, but gives me no details on the results. How can I get the detail for these response? > > Ex: > > $ whois 68.68.90.0 > > # > # ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use > # available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html > # > # If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at > # http://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtml > # > > > # > # Query terms are ambiguous. The query is assumed to be: > # "n 68.68.90.0" > # > # Use "?" to get help. > # > > # > # The following results may also be obtained via: > # http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=68.68.90.0?showDetails=true&showARIN=false&ext=netref2 > # > > Smithville Digital, LLC SDL-BLK-4 (NET-68-68-80-0-1) 68.68.80.0 - 68.68.95.255 > BG Telecom Holdings, LLC SDL-BGTEL-BLK-1 (NET-68-68-90-0-1) 68.68.90.0 - 68.68.91.255 > > > > # > # ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use > # available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html > # > # If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at > # http://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtml > # > > I want the information contained within the BG Telecom Holdings result. How can I get whois to display this? On my Linux servers, whois shows the full results for both entries, so I can at least scroll through. > > Thanks. > > John Ratliff > Systems Engineer > Office: (812) 935-2491 > john.ratliff@smithville.com | smithville.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I'm on 9.3Rp5 & I've been getting those messages the whole time, I think they are benign .... FWIW, I get the same output on my box: [root@kabini1, /etc, 3:40:50pm] 483 % whois 68.68.90.0 # # ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use # available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html # # If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at # http://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtml # # # Query terms are ambiguous. The query is assumed to be: # "n 68.68.90.0" # # Use "?" to get help. # # # The following results may also be obtained via: # http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=68.68.90.0?showDetails=true&showARIN=false&ext=netref2 # Smithville Digital, LLC SDL-BLK-4 (NET-68-68-80-0-1) 68.68.80.0 - 68.68.95.255 BG Telecom Holdings, LLC SDL-BGTEL-BLK-1 (NET-68-68-90-0-1) 68.68.90.0 - 68.68.91.255 # # ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use # available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html # # If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at # http://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtml # [root@kabini1, /etc, 3:40:57pm] 484 % -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.