Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 21:40:06 +0000 From: setantae <setantae@submonkey.net> To: John Smith <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: can't do reverse dns with /etc/hosts Message-ID: <20011124214006.GA943@rhadamanth> In-Reply-To: <3BFFF17E.D2E2F7C1@anarcat.dyndns.org> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011123164749.0245ec60@mail.enterit.com> <20011114173647.D66694@blossom.cjclark.org> <20011115012039.GA61093@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org> <20011114173647.D66694@blossom.cjclark.org> <5.1.0.14.0.20011123164749.0245ec60@mail.enterit.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20011123172728.02c61518@mail.enterit.com> <20011124103734.GB386@irrelevant.org> <3BFFF17E.D2E2F7C1@anarcat.dyndns.org>
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On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 02:14:06PM -0500, John Smith wrote: > > > Simon Dick wrote: > > > > I guess my method of just using ping <hostname> and seeing what IP it tries > > to ping won't be suitable for this? :) > > no because I want to test reverse DNS. ping doesn't lookup the name of a > given address, IIRC. Ok, how about traceroute then ? Ceri -- keep a mild groove on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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