From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 29 13:31:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA03419 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:31:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA03390 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:31:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id NAA24952; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:30:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:30:43 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199809292030.NAA24952@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA, dhw@whistle.com Subject: Re: Sendmail special configuration Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 14:48:21 -0400 (EDT) >From: BEAUPRE Antoine >> A registered one (that isn't used by anyone else). >how can I see if a name is registered? IS there a database of all the >names somewhere on the net? A useful tool for this purpose is the "nslookup" program. Some folks prefer to use "dig". In either case, the issue is what the process running on the IRIX box believes; I expect that "nslookup" is a little more likely to be available on that box than "dig" is (but I could well be wrong about that). >I have absolutely no control of the IRIX server configuration. I merely >have an account there. Sounds as if the administration of that machine doesn't want you doing what you've been doing. Assuming you want to work *with* these folks, I'd suggest that you contact them & try to cooperate. If you don't do that, and they find out that you're circumventing their operations, I expect you'll find yourself disconnected permanently. >ah. So what should I do? >thanks for the reply! Talk to the IRIX admin(s). You might find out if they like cookies (and if so, bring some for them). david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message