From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 18 00:04:35 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5497716A4CE for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:04:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc4-cdif3-6-1-cust116.cdif.cable.ntl.com [82.23.41.116]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1EB043D2D for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:04:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.44 (FreeBSD)) id 1D1vdG-000Ktt-0o; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:04:30 +0000 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:04:29 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: Fafa Diliha Romanova Message-ID: <20050218000429.GN21348@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Fafa Diliha Romanova , questions@freebsd.org References: <20050217224731.A488C4BDAA@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="CUfgB8w4ZwR/yMy5" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050217224731.A488C4BDAA@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WHAT KIND OF SH*T IS THIS: telnet and ssh X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:04:35 -0000 --CUfgB8w4ZwR/yMy5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 05:47:31PM -0500, Fafa Diliha Romanova wrote: > let's get straight to it: >=20 > whenever i telnet or ssh to something that's offline, i get e.g.: > ssh: hostname.domain.com: hostname nor servname provided, or not known >=20 > comeon, can't you guys at least change it to: > ssh: hostname.domain.com: unknown >=20 > thanks, > fafa Let's get straight to it: 1) Have a little respect. 2) Don't cross-post excessively. 3) Don't obfuscate hostnames in bug reports. 4) Define "offline"; I get nothing like the behaviour that you are describing from a downed host, nor from a non-existent host: $ ssh quinch ssh: connect to host quinch.private.submonkey.net port 22: Operation timed= out $ ssh sdfsdfs ssh: sdfsdfs: No address associated with hostname 5) Come on, can't you spell check your mail before sending it? Thanks, Ceri --=20 Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.) --CUfgB8w4ZwR/yMy5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCFTENocfcwTS3JF8RAnTNAKCTpVz6ki9P1wZvy3zzKr/qj5wnQQCgxdQw DCRoU9PN2YkoTr3oGbWS/Kg= =sB1C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CUfgB8w4ZwR/yMy5--