From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 10 0:22:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from slacknet.slacknet.com (slacknet.slacknet.com [204.228.135.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D83037B419 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:22:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from rj45 (helo=localhost) by slacknet.slacknet.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16DLhI-0008Sj-00; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 01:22:00 -0700 Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 01:22:00 -0700 (MST) From: RJ45 To: Nils Holland Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: w not displaying host names In-Reply-To: <20011210001439.A20835@tisys.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 Yes I think it is well configured. here is /etc/host.conf # $FreeBSD: src/etc/host.conf,v 1.6 1999/08/27 23:23:41 peter Exp $ # First try the /etc/hosts file hosts # Now try the nameserver next. bind and about the nameserver it is automatically downloaded at PPP boot (PPPoE) and the /etc/resolv.conf file is updated automatically. If I nslookup the IP Addresses they are translated correctly... I Can't understand why... w displays only hostnames of IP Address I hold in /etc/hosts thanks Rick On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Nils Holland wrote: > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message